West Virginia has established a singular system of program performance measures and standards to evaluate all vocational programs in the state.
Academic achievement measures the reading and math levels of occupational program completers.
Goal profiles are based on state-approved instructional objectives. Licensed Practical Nursing, Cosmetology, and the Respiratory Therapy programs are to use licensure testing in lieu of the content test. Enrollment measures the rate at which special population students are enrolled in vocational programs as compared with the percentage of all special populations students enrolled in the general school population. The standard is that the percentage of special population students being served in vocational programs be greater than the percentage of all special populations students in the general population of the local educational agency. Placement measures the post program activities of program completers within one year after leaving the program.