Assess students' ability to analyze and compare college, vocational training, apprenticeships, and direct workforce entry by evaluating upfront and ongoing costs (tuition, fees, opportunity cost), expected income trajectories, labor market demand, skill development and transferability, and alignment with personal values and goals; tasks include interpreting quantitative data (cost projections, salary curves, labor statistics), constructing comparative trade-off matrices, and justifying pathway recommendations for varied student profiles using both quantitative and qualitative evidence.