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The Effect of Capstone Cooperative Education Experiences, and Related Factors, On Career and Technical Education Secondary Student Summative Assessment Scores
Research has discussed the benefits of cooperative education experiences for secondary career and technical education students. Yet, in this era of high stakes testing and program accountability, the amount of time that students are permitted to participate in cooperative education
has diminished, fearing that time spent out of the classroom would result in lower test scores. Unfortunately, there is little empirical evidence to suggest a relationship between cooperative education and performance on summative assessments. This baseline study of secondary career and technical
education students in Pennsylvania indicated that students who participated in capstone cooperative education experiences scored significantly higher on summative assessments, as measured by NOCTI scores, than those students who did not participate. Additionally, this study determined that
student GPA, IEP status, length of time on co-op or quality of Training Plan could not significantly account for any established mean differences.
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Keywords: Capstone Programs; Career and Technical Education; Cooperative Education; NOCTI scores; School-to-Work
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 January 2013
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