Career & Technical Education
CTERS User's Manual
The CTERS User's Manual – 2023-2024 (Word) provides instructions for submitting the following reports:
- Secondary Enrollment Demographics Form (SEDF)
- 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)
2023-2024 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, 2023 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) 2022-2023
- Due: April 26, 2024
- 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 2023.
- Submission Method: SSWS
- Instructions: Career and Technical Education Financial Report Instructions (Word)
CTE Follow-up Survey of Program Completers
- Due: July 31, 2024
- Description: Conduct the 2024 follow-up of the 2023 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) and Completer Follow-Up Survey Guide (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, 2024
- 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)