Common Career Technical Core The Common Career Technical Core
(CCTC) is a state-led initiative to establish a set of rigorous,
high-quality standards for Career Technical Education (CTE) that
states can adopt voluntarily. The standards have been informed
by state and industry standards and developed by a diverse group
of teachers, business and industry experts, administrators and
researchers. The initiative is being coordinated by the National
Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education
Consortium (NASDCTEc), which represents the state and territory
heads of secondary, postsecondary and adult CTE across the
nation. Forty-two states the District of Columbia and Palau
participated in the development stage of the CCTC. The
development of the CCTC was a multi-step process that
incorporated input from approximately 3,500 individuals
representing K-12 education, business and industry and higher
education from across the nation. The process for developing the
CCTC was informed by: • High-quality sta