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Program Reporting & Evaluation

CTAG has taken a leadership role in developing tools to evaluate and document the effectiveness of pesticide education and certification. CTAG members helped conceive of and develop CPARD, the Certification Plan and Reporting Database which allows State Lead Agencies, the EPA, and decision makers a means to quantify and qualify the effectiveness of state certification programs.

CTAG members also participated in the development and evaluation of USDA's PPRS-PSEP Database, Performance Planning & Reporting System for Pesticide Safety Education Programs which are administered by land grant colleges and universities nationwide. 

Below are links to these databases:

• CPARD, developed by Washington State University, funded by NASDA, and supervised by Richard Pont, of the USEPA.

• PPRS-PESP, developed by North Carolina State University, fund by the USDA-CSREES, and supervised by James Parochetti of USDA-CSREES

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The Pesticide Certification & Training Assessment Group (CTAG), was established in 1996 to assess the current status of, and provide direction for, the future of the national pesticide applicator certification and training program. Pesticide certification and trainings are primarily handled by state governments and state land grant universities. CTAG’s mission is to develop and implement proposals that will strengthen federal, state, territory, and tribal pesticide certification and training programs which ultimately enhances the knowledge, skills and attitudes of pesticide users to ensure safe and effective pest management.