Assessing Tech Prep Implementation

It is becoming increasingly apparent that the time is right to initiate the process of assessing Tech Prep program effects and to determine the extent to which local Tech Prep implementation efforts are consistent with the Vocational Education Act. Due to the comprehensive scope and systematic nature of the Tech Prep concept, Stufflebeam's CIPP model was selected and adapted. Tech Prep components for each program assessment dimension (Context, Input, Process, Outcomes) were identified. Results from this study indicate that the four assessment dimensions be included throughout the planning, implementation and assessment phases of Tech Prep.