Licensure / Certification Pass Rate
Kentucky Community and Technical College System
Performance Measures
2016-2022 Strategic Plan
Align Programs and Curricula with Needs of Employers
Licensure / Certification Pass Rate
Actual
| College | VFA 2014 Cohort Rate |
VFA 2015 Cohort Rate |
VFA 2016 Cohort Rate |
VFA 2017 Cohort Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland | 93.3% | 97.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Big Sandy | 0.0% | 100.0% | 96.3% | 98.1% |
| Bluegrass | 87.5% | 93.8% | 82.5% | 95.2% |
| Elizabethtown | 100.0% | 89.6% | 94.7% | 95.9% |
| Gateway | 0.0% | 96.2% | 90.3% | 89.0% |
| Hazard | 75.8% | 90.3% | 83.3% | 79.4% |
| Henderson | 85.7% | 95.0% | 91.0% | 73.7% |
| Hopkinsville | 100.0% | 100.0% | 95.8% | 89.1% |
| Jefferson | 100.0% | 99.2% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| Madisonville | 0.0% | 93.4% | 93.9% | 88.2% |
| Maysville | 0.0% | 91.7% | 93.6% | 92.6% |
| Owensboro | 0.0% | 95.1% | 84.9% | 90.1% |
| Somerset | 100.0% | 97.1% | 94.4% | 92.1% |
| Southcentral KY | 100.0% | 92.1% | 90.1% | 97.3% |
| Southeast KY | 0.0% | 90.3% | 75.9% | 81.4% |
| West KY | 50.0% | 67.7% | 87.2% | 87.9% |
| KCTCS | 91.0% | 88.9% | 88.8% | 90.2% |
Targets
Exceed National Average 89.3% for VFA 2016 Cohort
| College | VFA 2018 Cohort Rate | VFA 2019 Cohort Rate | VFA 2020 Cohort Rate | VFA 2021 Cohort Rate | VFA 2022 Cohort Rate |
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Definition: The number of students in the Voluntary Framework of Accountability’s (VFA) Career and Technical Education (CTE) completer/leaver cohort who achieve a passing grade on their first attempt of a licensure exam within one year divided by the number of students in the CTE completer / leaver cohort who sat for the first time to take the licensure exam within one year.
Note: VFA cohorts refer to the annual VFA Career and Technical Education (CTE) Cohorts. For 2017, the cohort is the 2013-14 CTE Cohort.
Objective: Exceed national average for cohort pass rate.
Currently published national average is 89.3% from VFA Benchmarking Colleges. Benchmarking cohort does not include KCTCS colleges
Source: VFA based on KCTCS data as submitted in PeopleSoft
Compiled by: Office of Research and Policy Analysis
Measure Updated: 10/09/2017
