Analyzing the effects of CTE grant funding on CS course offerings and enrollment in CaliforniaK12In-Person
Computer Science (CS) courses classified as Career Technical Education (CTE) make up over half of all CS courses offered in high schools in California as of the 2018-2019 school year and are eligible for funding through CTE grants. There has been a growing focus in creating equitable access to CS as well as recommendations to use CTE funds for this purpose. This paper looks to see if there is an increase of CS course offerings or CS enrollment as an effect of receiving CTE funding in California. Publicly available data from the California Department of Education (CDE) was used with a two-way fixed effects analysis. The results indicate a null effect from these grants on CS course offerings and enrollment. These results raise questions as to other factors that might have played a larger role in the recent increase in CS course offerings and expansion of CTE CS courses.
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10:45 25mPaper | Analyzing the effects of CTE grant funding on CS course offerings and enrollment in CaliforniaK12In-Person Papers Mariam Saffar Perez University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Paul Bruno University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign DOI | ||
11:10 25mPaper | The Brazilian School Computing StandardK12In-PersonGlobal Papers Leila Ribeiro Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Luciana Foss Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Simone André Da Costa Cavalheiro Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Marcia Cruz UNISC, Rozelma França Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) DOI | ||
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