Perkins Technical Skills Attainment

The Technical Skills Attainment (TSA) project is a major system-wide initiative required by the federal government under Carl Perkins IV legislation.  The System Office's role is to implement and manage this requirement for the over 349 programs impacted. The project started in FY2008 and will continue for the next five years.

WTCS programs will assess the attainment of program outcomes to ensure graduates have the technical skills needed by employers. The assessments are approved by the System Office and implemented by districts. They will be linked to industry standards and meet state criteria including validity, reliability, and fairness.

Resources for Districts

The following resources are available to districts:

• WTCS Student Skill Attainment White Paper
• WTCS Standards for Assessment of Skill Attainment (Check-list)
• Third Party Assessment Decision Tree
• TSA Initiative - Guiding Assumptions and Roles
• WTCS Top 50 Programs-By Headcount & Graduates

• 09-18-08 Technical Skill Attainment Webinar Power Point

• WIDS Support of Perkins IV Reserve Fund Projects
• WIDS Curriculum Bank (Requires a sign-in with password)
• WIDS Home Page

Link to Perkins IV FY 2009-10 Reserve Grant Guidelines

For more information contact ann.westrich@wtcsystem.edu at
(608) 266-0025.

Last modified: April 22, 2010

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