In 1982 the Tennessee Higher Education Commission initiated the Performance Funding Project through which institutions across the state could achieve “bonus funding” of up to 2 percent of their total state allocation. The program was designed to measure and enhance the quality of undergraduate education provided by the institution. There were four outcomes assessment areas within the program: percentage of accreditable programs actually accredited; performance of students on discipline-specific outcomes tests; performance of students on general outcomes tests (such as ACT’s College Outcome Measure Program [COMP] Test); student attitude surveys; and extra programs the institution established. Beginning in fall 1985, seniors were required to take the COMP test before being approved for graduation. In 1993 THEC changed the requirements to allow a random sample for testing, rather than requiring that all graduating seniors take the test. The Complete College Act of 2010 substituted other measures of institutional success.