Career and Technical Education is a program of study that provides students with the skills needed for careers in growing employment sectors. Boston offers more than 35 different Career and Technical Education programs.

Career and Technical Education Web Links:

Boston Public Schools Office of High School Support/Career & Technical Education

Massachusetts Department of Education: Career and Technical Education Unit
http://www.doe.mass.edu/cte

Career/Vocational Technical Frameworks
http://www.doe.mass.edu/cte/frameworks/

Massachusetts Tech-Prep Consortia
http://www.doe.mass.edu/cte/techprep/consortia/

Massachusetts Center for Career and Technical Education
Curriculum Resource Center
http://www.mccte.org/


The Office of Career and Technical Education is continuing a pilot program to offer the Accuplacer™ college placement test to juniors and seniors while they are still enrolled in high school.

The program is a collaboration between the Office of Career and Technical Education-Tech Prep, TechBoston, Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC), Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College, Noonan Business Academy, and Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.

The College Board’s Accuplacer™ test is used by all the Massachusetts Community Colleges, most of the state four-year colleges and some private four year colleges. The test is utilized to determine appropriate placement in courses that are consistent with student abilities and, to determine whether a student will need to complete developmental courses.

The goal of utilizing the Accuplacer placement test and the A+Advancer Remediation software is to help students avoid taking required remedial coursework in college.



Emily Lebo, Director
John Zinkowski Tech Prep Planner