The five school systems of Louisiana Educational Planning Region V formed a consortium to establish a vocational assessment center for high school special needs students. Assessment data would be used by the Individual Education Plan committee to place students in vocational education courses. A study was conducted to rate the performance of students who were placed in accordance with vocational assessment recommendations. The population for the study consisted of the 201 special needs students enrolled in vocational education classes who had received a vocational assessment prior to placement. Data were compiled on the basis of students who were placed according to vocational assessment recommendations and those placed in areas other than those recommended. Results of the study showed a significant difference in 11 areas in favor of students who were placed according to the recommendations: effort, attitude toward work, ability to get along with others in class, taking directions in class, appropriate behavior on the job, ability to accept supervision of the instructor, attention span and ability to complete a job, ability to accept boredom and repetition on the job, quality of work produced, overall performance, and grade average. The study concluded that placement of students in vocational areas recommended as a result of vocational assessment and successful performance ratings appeared to be systematically related. (KC)