To ensure continued student access to Career and Technical Education programs the Board of Regents passed the Career and Technical Education Policy in February of 2001 (NYSED, 2004). Career and technical education programs approved under this policy are eligible to provide a maximum of one credit in science, math, English, and social studies through specialized courses, integrated courses, or a combination of both specialized and integrated courses. Students completing an approved career and technical education program also receive an insignia on their Regents diploma. The career and technical education program approval requires a detailed internal and external review during which a program must demonstrate compliance with the state policy criteria that includes administering an industry based technical assessment for all students completing the career and technical education program. No existing industry-based technical assessment could be found to align with the general agricultural science curriculum in New York State (NYS). Thus, it became necessary to develop a technical assessment specific to the agricultural science curriculum, as allowed by the State Education Department policy. Agricultural Education Outreach and Cornell University undertook the effort to develop a technical assessment that would be both representative of the NYS agricultural science education curriculum and be acceptable under NYSED guidelines.