Empowering CTE leaders with tools for student and program success
Match your students to best-fit CTE programs where they’ll thrive. Use aptitude insights to connect students with the right pathways, increase their engagement, and strengthen your program impact.
Join thousands of CTE faculty using YouScience to help students succeed
The problem with most college and career
readiness tools
Without the right data, it’s hard to guide students into the right CTE programs. Most platforms rely solely on student interests, limiting them to the limited career paths they already know.
That’s why we built YouScience Brightpath
Science-based assessments
giving students powerful self-discovery insights based on aptitude science.
Industry-recognized certifications
Helping students validate their skills and strengthen career readiness.
Insightful data and reporting
Empowering CTE staff with time-saving reporting to empower data-driven decisions.
Build CTE programs that transform students’ lives
YouScience assessments:
Provide students with a mix of science-based aptitude, interest, and work style assessments.
Other assessments:
Students are given a surface-level interest survey that may reinforce stereotypes and limit college and career exploration to their current exposure and experience.
YouScience industry-recognized certifications
Validate student skills and help students prepare for career and life success with in-demand skills that employers value.
Other platforms:
Most CCR platforms don’t offer industry-recognized certifications, so students miss out on connecting to valuable workforce skills.
YouScience work-based learning
Give your CTE faculty, students and employers an easy-to-use platform to manage and track work-based learning opportunities.
Other WBL:
Most CCR platforms don’t offer work-based learning management tools, requiring you to find and use different platforms.
YouScience reporting and data:
Give your district leaders and CTE faculty easy access to time-saving reporting, student aptitude, and performance data to plan for and demonstrate program impact.
Other reporting:
Most CCR platforms lack the quality of data YouScience offers making them less effective for CTE and student success.
Resources for CTE directors
Students have the talent, just not the exposure
The 2025 State of the Future U.S. Workforce Report reveals a critical gap between student aptitudes and awareness of in-demand careers. Based on national data of over 450,000 learners nationwide, the report underscores how early career exposure can boost engagement and unlock workforce potential across industries like healthcare, tech, and advanced manufacturing.
72% of students say they’re unprepared. College enrollment drops to 35%
The 2025 Post-Graduation Readiness Report exposes a growing gap between education and real-world readiness. Based on insights from recent graduates, the report reveals what today’s students truly need—and why it’s time to rethink how we prepare them for life after high school.
“YouScience is the sharpest arrow in my quiver, allowing me to place students in environments where they thrive and contribute meaningfully to the economy.”
—Jason Van Nus, Director, Work-Based Learning, Lowndes County Schools, Georgia
"As a former guidance counselor turned CTE Director, I love the way that YouScience assesses aptitude. Any other aptitude test that I have ever worked with measures what the student "thinks" they are good at."
—Cami McCLenny, CTE director, Enterprise City Schools, Alabama
"YouScience aptitudes show students what they are already good at, and open their minds to explore and potentially develop a previously unknown interest which aligns with that aptitude. YouScience opens doors that students don't even know exist, and shows them that they already hold the key!"
—Maggie Bagwell, CTE Director, Sedro-Woolley School District, WashingtonMaggie Bagwell, CTE Director, Sedro-Woolley School District, Washington
“YouScience has strengthened our relationships with institutions and industry leaders. They’re interested in the data, and it helps them connect with students who have aptitudes for careers in those fields.”
— Candice Sears, Director of Instructional Services, Montgomery County ESC, Ohio
With Brightpath you can:
Stop
Struggling to measure and report program effectiveness
Giving students guidance that is not based on their aptitudes or what the world needs
Using disparate tools or spreadsheets to manage your work
Dreading Mondays
Start
Using easy, effective data and reporting to plan for CTE program growth
Using YouScience to engage with parents or guardians, educators, and your community
Using one platform for reporting and managing all students
Loving your job again
Brightpath will help you
Educators achieve significant results with YouScience
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1 https://www.edweek.org/leadership/counselor-to-student-ratios-show-improvement-but-looming-fiscal-cliff-may-threaten-gains/2024/02
2 https://resources.youscience.com/rs/806-BFU-539/images/HigherEd_DenmarkTech_CaseStudy.pdf
3 https://resources.youscience.com/rs/806-BFU-539/images/GOSA_Full_Report.pdf