The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) gives states greater flexibility to set performance levels in their accountability systems for career and technical education (CTE) programs. But it requires states to prioritize the performance of historically underserved students in those systems and involve stakeholders, as defined by the law, in the process during the development of state plans. The law also requires states to include in their accountability systems at least one measure of program quality for middle and high school students. This fact sheet discusses the accountability indicators required at the secondary school level and the changes in how setting performance levels occurs as a result of Perkins V.