Oregon has developed a singular system of performance standards and measures for evaluating secondary state-approved, vocational education programs within each of the six Certificate of Advanced Mastery areas and postsecondary vocational programs leading toward an associate degree, diploma, or certificate. Each of the four measures includes an auxiliary measure calculating the rate of achievement of special population and protected class students. The standards for the auxiliary measures are the same as for all students.
Enrollment is a measure of the rate at which students enroll in professional and technical programs.
Satisfactory progress is the timely and efficient attainment of all requirements of a performance-based professional, technical education program area. During the transition from traditional to performance-based learning, satisfactory progress is defined as attainment of a 2.0 cumulative grade point average during the enrollment year. The standard for satisfactory progress is 100 percent by 1995 and each year thereafter. Program completion is a measure of the rate at which students in professional technical education programs are awarded Certificates of Advanced Mastery, high school or community college diplomas, associate degrees, or have attained two thirds of all outcomes of a performance-based program. This is applicable to students enrolled in programs in which they have declared a major or declared an intent to complete all requirements for a degree.