Career & Technical Education

CTERS User's Manual

The CTERS User's Manual – 2024-2025 (Word) provides instructions for submitting the following reports:

• Secondary Enrollment Demographics Form (SEDF)
• Secondary Student Career Clusters Enrollment Report (SSCCER)
• Preliminary Completer Demographics Report (CDR)
• CTE Credentialing Collection (CTECC)
• Final Completer Demographics Report (CDR)

2024-2025 Data Collection

Secondary Enrollment Demographics Form (SEDF) Fall Report

• Due: Closing date for Fall Master Schedule Collection
• Description:  Report enrollment counts that are recorded on October 1, 2024 for all CTE state-approved  6-, 9-, 12-, 18-week and yearlong (36-week) classes.
• Submission Method: This collection is submitted through Fall Master Schedule Collection
• Instructions: Refer to the CTERS User's Manual (Word)

CTE Financial Report (CTEFR) for School Year (SY) 2023-2024

• Due: TBD
• Description: Report state and local funds expenditures for the school division and regional center occupational preparation and adult education program to calculate state categorical entitlements for fiscal year 2024.
• Submission Method: SSWS
• Instructions: To Be Announced

CTE Follow-up Survey of Program Completers

• Due: July 31, 2025
• Description: Conduct the 2025 follow-up of the 2024 CTE Program Completers approximately 9-12 months after graduation. The survey measures completers’ transition to postsecondary education or employment and their satisfaction with and the quality of their high school education.
• Submission Method: Online data entry (managed by The Center for Survey Research at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service)
• Instructions: Refer to the CTERS User's Manual (Word)

Secondary Student Career Clusters Enrollment Report (SSCCER)

• Due: Closing date for End of Year Student Record Collection
• Description: Report unduplicated enrollment counts that are recorded on the last day of school for students participating in CTE classes in grades 9-12 and students in grades 7 and 8 who are earning high school credit.
• Submission Method: This collection is submitted through the End-of-Year Student Record Collection
• Instructions: Refer to the CTERS User's Manual (Word)

Preliminary Completer Demographics Collection (CDR)

• Due: Closing date for End of Year Student Record Collection
• Description: Report data elements that are recorded on the last day of school and used to analyze program completer demographics; calculate performance measures; and compile federal, state, and local accountability reports.
• Submission Method: This collection is submitted through the End-of-Year (EOY) Student Record Collection
• Instructions: Refer to the CTERS User's Manual (Word)

CTE Credential Collection (CTECC)

• Due: July 31, 2025
• Description: Report data annually for students participating in CTE classes and industry credentialing external testing presented in the School Quality Profiles.
• Submission Method: SSWS

Final Completer Demographics Collection (CDR)

• Due: Closing date Summer Student Record Collection
• Description: Report data elements that are recorded on the last day of summer school and used to analyze program completer demographics; calculate performance measures; and compile federal, state, and local accountability reports.
• Submission Method: This collection is submitted through the Summer Student Record Collection
• Instructions: Refer to the CTERS User's Manual (Word)

Secondary Enrollment Demographics Form (SEDF) End-of-Year Report

• Due: Closing date for End of Year Master Schedule Collection
• Description: Report enrollment counts that are recorded on the last day of school, for all CTE state-approved 6-, 9-, 12-, 18-week and yearlong (36-week) classes.
• Submission Method: This collection is submitted through End-of-Year (EOY) Master Schedule Collection
• Instructions: Refer to the CTERS User's Manual (Word)