Regions · Oregon
Columbia County
WBTO's first gap analysis, begun under a grant awarded to OMIC R&D. The assessment informed roughly $450,000 in CNC machine tools and instructor training, and when the same programs were re-measured in 2026, every school had improved.
Client
Cycles
Status
Coordinator
What the assessment found
Machining alignment stood at 19 percent in 2023-24. The gaps were CNC operation and programming, the same pattern later seen in every region.
What followed
WBTO coordinated the purchase and installation of CNC machine tools for the county's programs, delivered instructor training, and ran the gap analysis. The analysis informed a later PACTEC investment in instructor training and supported Clatskanie High School's successful CTE Revitalization Grant application, which funded another CNC machine tool and further professional development that WBTO delivered. Roughly $450,000 in CNC machine tools and professional development traces back to the first assessment.
What's next
Final results of the 2026 re-measurement publish with the NW Oregon report.