Analyzing the Effects of CTE Grant Funding on CS Course Offerings and Enrollment in California

Mariam Saffar Perez; Paul Bruno

doi:10.1145/3545945.3569812

Analyzing the Effects of CTE Grant Funding on CS Course Offerings and Enrollment in California

Mariam Saffar Perez
, Paul Bruno

Education Policy, Organization and Leadership

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Abstract

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 on creating equitable access to CS as well as recommendations to use CTE funds for this purpose. This paper examines whether there is an increase in 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 to conduct a two-way fixed effects analysis. 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 CS courses classified as CTE.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	SIGCSE 2023 - Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	46-52
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450394314
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3545945.3569812
State	Published - Mar 3 2023
Event	54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2023 - Toronto, Canada Duration: Mar 15 2023 → Mar 18 2023

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Conference	54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2023
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	3/15/23 → 3/18/23

Keywords

career technical education
cs education
education policy
school funding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
General Computer Science

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Saffar Perez, M & Bruno, P 2023, Analyzing the Effects of CTE Grant Funding on CS Course Offerings and Enrollment in California. in SIGCSE 2023 - Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 46-52, 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2023, Toronto, Canada, 3/15/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3545945.3569812

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