TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PAPER

  

 

 

 

 

March 2004

School District Reporting of

Postsecondary Technical

Certificates

By

Patti Askins

Workforce Education

Budget and Accountability

Unit

 

Refer Questions to:

 

Patti Askins

850/245-9060

SC: 205-9060

Patti.Askins@fldoe.org

 

 

 

 

The data element “Vocational Credential, Other” is designed to capture those students

who have completed not just an occupational completion point (OCP), but an entire

program. Each OCP (including the final OCP) is reported under data element

"Vocational/Adult General Education Completion Point Code" during the term it is

earned by the student, regardless of basic skills examination status. Only when a

student has completed all OCPs in a postsecondary technical program and met all

ancillary requirements, including those related to basic skills attainment, is a “V”

reported under the data element “Vocational Credential, Other.”

 

Before a student who has completed all OCPs in a technical program of 450 or more

hours can be reported as receiving a technical certificate, they must also meet the basic

skills criteria established for that program. The basic skills status of each student is

reported under the "Vocational Basic Skills Examination" data element. Procedures

have been put in place to verify that each student reported as earning a technical

certificate has also been reported as either meeting the basic skills criteria or as being

exempt from them under Section 1004.91, F.S.

 

If a student is enrolled in a program of 450 hours or more and does not meet the

exemption criteria described in s. 1004.91, F.S., the student must be tested and

remediated, if necessary, to meet the minimum basic skills level required for the

program. Following remediation, adult students with disabilities who meet all student

performance standards for their program MAY be exempted from the requirement to

attain the required level of basic skills mastery. For more details, see the technical

assistance paper on postsecondary student assessment at

http://www.firn.edu/doe/programs/pdf/tapaj.pdf.

 

With the ongoing focus on educational accountability at both the state and federal

levels, it is critical that Florida's PSAV programs correctly and consistently report their

programs' output of certificated students.

 

If you have questions about this issue, please contact Patti Askins as shown above.