Key considerations for evaluating Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs include capturing the full range of program impacts and accounting for attrition in the evaluation design.

Across federal agencies this year, Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) and Federal Register notices explicitly tie dollars to apprenticeships, work-based learning, and training pipelines through dedicated set-asides or invitational priorities. The signal is clear: the Administration plans to use grants to implement its workforce development strategy to Make America Skilled Again.