In this paper, Bae and Darling-Hammond propose three types of performance indicators for use in California's redesigned accountability system to measure and support career and college readiness. The report includes specific guidance for the use of performance assessment to measure both college and career readiness, including opportunities for assessing student learning from work-based learning experiences. The indicators include:
1. The proportion of students who complete comprehensive courses of study in career technical education
2. The proportion of students who have satisfactorily completed work-based learning experiences
3. The proportion of students who have met a defined level of achievement on assessments of technical knowledge and skills, including well-defined graduation portfolios documenting specific abilities, as well as industry-approved certificates, licenses, and badges that are portable and valued by the student, postsecondary institutions, and businesses and industry.
