CTE Standards

The State Board of Education has adopted career and technical education (CTE) standards for high school and middle school CTE programs. The CTE standards correspond to each of the six service areas and are required for Iowa schools offering CTE programs.

The six service areas include:

• agriculture, food and natural resources
• applied sciences, technology, engineering and manufacturing
• business, finance, marketing and management
• health science
• human services
• information solutions

Iowa CTE State Standards for High School Programs

• Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (PDF) (1.07 MB) .pdf  --  (Word)  (696.92 KB) .docx
• Business, Finance, Marketing and Management (PDF) (852.11 KB) .pdf  --  (Word) (121.08 KB) .docx
• Health Sciences (PDF) (580.97 KB) .pdf  --  (Word) (479.79 KB) .docx
• Human Services - Family Consumer Sciences (PDF) (717.87 KB) .pdf  --  (Word) (504.43 KB) .docx
• Applied Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Manufacturing (PDF) (301.79 KB) .pdf  --  (Word) (146.31 KB) .docx
• Information Solutions Standards (PDF) (669.57 KB) .pdf  --  (Word) (500.31 KB) .docx

Iowa CTE State Standards for Middle School Programs

• Iowa CTE State Standards for Middle School Programs (446.39 KB) .pdf

Universal CTE Standards

• Universal CTE Standards (PDF) (862.35 KB) .pdf  --  (Word) (1.25 MB) .docx

Additional Standards Information

• Crosswalk with 21st Century Skills 2019 (PDF) (863.62 KB) .pdf  --  (Word) (483.87 KB) .docx
• Iowa CTE State Standards Guidance (166.92 KB) .pdf