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State Data Systems

State Data Systems. Data Infrastructure for Low-Income Adults. Guiding Questions. Which workforce programs are most effectively channeling adults towards further education and higher earnings? Where are low-income adults falling out of the educational pipeline?

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State Data Systems

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  1. State Data Systems Data Infrastructure for Low-Income Adults

  2. Guiding Questions • Which workforce programs are most effectively channeling adults towards further education and higher earnings? • Where are low-income adults falling out of the educational pipeline? • What are the employment and earnings outcomes for various education and training paths?

  3. Purpose Better Outcomes Better Programs Better Understanding

  4. Definition An effective state data system combines information from K-12, workforce development, and postsecondary education programs, including adult basic education and skills development programs systems, and tracks employment outcomes. – WPFP Policy Brief, Fall 2009

  5. Core Elements Employment Education & Training Participant

  6. Core Elements: Employment • Employers • Unemployment Insurance wage record system • Employment status • Location of employment • Job type (employer and occupation codes) • Employment tenure • Earnings Data Provider Data Elements

  7. Core Elements: Education & Training Traditional Focus • K-12 • Postsecondary • College or University • Schools attended • Enrollment status • Courses taken • Degree(s)/ credential earned • Grades Data Provider Data Elements

  8. Core Elements: Education & Training WPFP Preferred Focus • Community College • Developmental education • Part-time enrollment • Career/Technical • Adult Education • Basic and Secondary • ESL • Other Skill Development • WIA Title 1 • TANF training • Corrections • Program Attended • Length of Participation • Enrollment status • Courses taken • Degree(s)/ credential earned • Transitions Data Provider Data Elements

  9. Core Elements: Demographic • Variable • Education providers • Health and human service agencies • Workforce agencies • Corrections agencies • Sex • Age • Race/ethnicity • Other • Veteran • Disability • Public assistance • Foster child Data Provider Data Elements

  10. Challenge K-12 College Career Community College Career/ Technical GED K-11 Higher- wage job How to create a coherent picture? Low-wage job Public Assistance

  11. Current Capacity of States List of Advanced states (WPFP states in bold): AK AR FL MN MO NC TX WA Match K-12 & Postsecondary Match Education & Workforce Source: Data Quality Campaign, 2009-2010 Survey

  12. Connecting WPFP Priorities College/ University K-12 Community College Low-income adults Career/ Technical Other Skill Development Career Employment Outcomes Higher- wage job SNAP-ET WIA Title 1 Adult Education TANF Training Low-wage job GED ESL

  13. Implementation Issues Resources Data Quality & Technical Linkages Leadership & Coordination Legal Concerns

  14. Issues: Resources • Cited by 18 states • DOE grant rounds (3) – target education systems and helped build foundation • ARRA – greater flexibility • DOL – Workforce Data Quality Initiative State contribution? States left out of earlier DOE rounds?

  15. Issues: Leadership & Coordination States should legislate authority for coordination and alignment of systems consistent with their postsecondary education, workforce, and economic development goals…Whatever the approach, the involvement of the governor’s office is essential. – National Commission on Adult Literacy Report, 2008

  16. Issues: Data Quality & Technical Linkages • Cited by 18 states • Common ID • Systems incompatability/Data silos • Common definitions and data fields • Culture of “outputs” vs. “outcomes” • Tracking ALL participants across ALL educational & employment systems

  17. Issues: Legal Concerns • Cited by 12 states • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) • Other privacy/confidentiality issues • State prohibitions/barriers

  18. It Can be Done! Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP)

  19. Three tests Actionable? Accessible? Available?

  20. WPFP Partner Opportunities • Facilitate data systems development • Support applications for funding • Promote leadership & coordination • Help resolve legal issues & secure enabling legislation • Assure that ALL parts are connected • Create demand & support for data systems • Build public & policymaker awareness • Participate in pilot efforts to use data tools • Use data systems to create better outcomes • Identify key questions • Analyze & follow-through on results

  21. Contact Garrett Martin Maine Center for Economic Policy gmartin@mecep.org 207-622-7381

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