Session will describe how external assessments are used for program improvement and to provide student and instructor performance feedback at a California Regional Occupational Program. A brief discussion of the use and development of external assessments will be followed by a description of the management process used to determine which assessments to select, how to prepare the students, how to ensure that the environment is established for successful administration, and how the results are reported to students, teachers, parents, administrators, and school boards. All documents created and used to administer an external assessment program will be provided as templates.