Students are assessed to find their grade levels and are placed in the appropriate classes. Close monitoring of student progress ensures student success with goals, grades, etc. being placed and kept in a student folder. The adult high school diploma program has the same minimum number of required units for credit for graduation as the public schools, twenty units. Colleges may offer more than twenty units if public schools offer more than the minimum of twenty. In most instances, students may attend day or evening classes, depending upon the students needs.
Most community colleges offer a lab setting which allows for individually paced learning.
Computer assisted learning is also offered on some campuses. Generally, at most community colleges the goal is student success and in assessing the needs of the student to determining what learning environment will work best for the student. Before a student is awarded a high school diploma, just as in public schools, a North Carolina Competency Test must be completed. After this test is successfully mastered and course work is satisfactory, the student is then eligible for graduation. In other words, if the student attends Davison County Community College, the diploma will say that it is awarded to the student from Thomasville City Schools.