The California-ICT-Sector-Pathways-2015-Update provides information on why subjects taught in courses that align to the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) model standards are important to California’s economy. High-quality Career Technical Education programs are responsive to changing economic demands.

The update highlights areas in California where there is high need to develop an ICT workforce and for linking K-12 instruction with post-secondary education systems.

• Cities with employers that rely on importing ICT talent through the HI-B visa program can consider this an indicator that shows where our educational system should produce more ICT talent, particularity in the computer science subject area.
• Schools administrators that offer courses to provide computer science instruction in high school may wish to align pathways with colleges that offer the Computer Science Transfer Model Curriculum.