Georgia, like many other career and technical education programs around the nation, has worked in recent years to establish a measurement mechanism to ascertain the level of technical skill attainment on behalf of its career pathway completers. Georgia’s measurement process has been derived in direct response to the Perkins IV Legislation, specifically, Core Indicator 2S1 which requires states to implement a valid and reliable assessment model linked directly to industry validated standards.
In working to identify existing assessment (or credentialing) opportunities that would not only support the mandates set forth in the Perkins IV Legislation, but would also support Georgia students in their quest to leave high school with valuable credentials, the state’s technical skill attainment inventory will be comprised of several measurement components:
industry certifications/credentials
occupational assessments, and
state licensures and state developed assessments
Technical Skill Attainment Inventory Assessment Information Sheets by Career Cluster
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Architecture and Construction
Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications
Business, Management and Administration
Education and Training
Energy
Finance
Government and Public Administration
Health Science
Hospitality and Tourism
Human Services
Information Technology
Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
Manufacturing
Marketing
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics