At the postsecondary level, placement is measured by the percentage of cohort postsecondary and adult students placed in employment, further education or training, or the military service. An increase is to be attained each year until standards to be established by the state are achieved. Each local district or postseconday institution designates a vocational technical education program evaluation coordinator to establish and lead a program evaluation team that includes representatives of special populations, educators, and business and industry and to oversee the conduct of the annual evaluation. The results of each evaluation are reported to the state. The state developed two guides and conducts an annual workshop to assist locals in the understanding and implementation of the evaluation process.
Programs have up to five years to meet fully the performance standards.
However, after the first year, programs not meeting the performance standards and measures are required to develop and implement a local improvement plan. Programs not achieving the performance standards for five successive years are ineligible to receive state or federal funding. To measure incentives to encourage service to targeted groups, postsecondary programs are to document, annually, their progress in achieving equity in the access, retention, and completion of special population students, relative to the general population.