The resulting individual survey information is then summarized by each school district by funded classroom unit. The school district, in turn, submits the completer data to the Ohio Department of Education, Office of Career-Technical and Adult Education. Career-technical management information staff further compiles the individual school district data into state aggregate reports. The integrity of the follow-up system is maintained by state staff. Those programs with especially low results are targeted for analysis.
Every effort is made to maintain consistency in reporting.
A procedure guide is supplied with each set of follow-up forms provided to school districts. The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990 required each state to establish a set of statewide core standards and measures of performance to determine career-technical education program quality and to determine areas needing improvement. Follow-up performance measures are a significant component of Ohio's comprehensive performance measures system. The placement goals identified here relate to the indicators in effect during FY98. These figures represent all career-technical completers except those whose status was unknown.