COMMON MEASURES

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COMMON MEASURES

• Presented by Phil Degon
• Workforce Administration
• September 2006

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Training Objectives

• Review significant policy concepts for PY 06
• Review Common Measures data sources
• Discuss New Reports and Desk Aids

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Introduction

• Adult Common Measures apply to
• Wagner-Peyser
• VETS
• WIA
• Trade Act
• WorkFirst (ESD)
• Youth Common Measures apply to WIA program
  participants

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Significant Policy Concepts

• Who counts as a participant?
• All individuals who are determined eligible and
  receive a qualifying service, including
  self-service and informational activities in a
  physical location or remotely via electronic
  technologies
• Qualifying services are identified in the Chart
  of Services
• Locally-defined services and Follow-up services
  do not trigger or extend participation

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Significant Policy Concepts

• Self-services only identified through
  Go2Worksource trigger participation for W-P and
  WIA but dont extend participation
• Date of participation is the date of the initial
  program-funded service and may not be common
  across programs

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Significant Policy Concepts

• Who are included in the performance measures?
• All W-P participants who receive a qualifying
  service, including those who only receive
  self-service or informational activities and are
  exited
• WIA program enrollees who receive a qualifying
  service, excluding those who only receive
  self-services or informational activities and are
  exited
• VETS, TAA and WF program enrollees who receive a
  qualifying service and are exited

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Significant Policy Concepts

• Exit Policy
• Definition- a participant who has not received a
  qualifying service funded by the program or by a
  partner program for 90 consecutive calendar days
  and is not scheduled for future services
• Common exit date applied across all programs
• Exit date is system-generated not entered by
  staff
• Exit date is the date of the last service
  received

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Significant Policy Concepts

• Documented gaps in service (HOLD) up to 180 days
  can extend the point of exit
• Locally-defined services and FOLLOW-UP services
  do not extend the point of exit
• Exit Outcome is being changed to Program
  Outcome and indicates the reason the participant
  is no longer receiving program services
• Program outcome dates may or may not match the
  system-generated exit date

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Program Outcome
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Significant Policy Concepts

• Self-Employment
• Can be counted for Entered Employment Rate and
  Retention measures but not for Average Earnings
• Requires that the employment goal be identified
  as Self-Employment
• Requires documentation of self-employment in Q1,
  Q2 and Q3 after exit quarter

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Entered Employment Rate Data Sources

• Definition
• Of those not employed at the date of
  participation
• of adults who are employed in the first quarter
  after the exit quarter divided by the of adults
  who exit during the quarter

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Entered Employment Rate Data Sources

• Employed at date of participation Core Services
  Basic/General screen- Employment Status field
  or Seeker Programs/Program Enrollment/Program
  Details screen- Employment Status field
• Employed in Q1 after exit UI WA State wage
  records (see Follow-up/TAXIS Wage Progression
  screen- Total Wages field) plus WRIS
  out-of-state wage records plus Follow-up/Service
  Plan/Services- Follow-up Needed Services field
  in association with Service Plan goal of
  Self-Employment plus other non-SKIES
  administrative wage records
• Exit date system-generated but not presently in
  SKIES

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Employment Status
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Employment Status at Participation
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Employment in Q1 After Exit
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Self Employment in Q1 After Exit
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Retention Rate Data Sources

• Definition
• Of those who are employed in Q1 after exit
• of adults who are employed in both Q2 and Q3
  after the exit quarter divided by the of adults
  who exit during the quarter
• Includes those adults employed at date of
  participation as well as those adults not
  employed at date of participation

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Retention Rate Data Sources

• Employed in Q1and Q2 and Q3 after exit UI WA
  State wage records (see Follow-up/TAXIS Wage
  Progression screen- Total Wages field) plus
  WRIS out-of-state wage records plus
  Follow-up/Service Plan/Services- Follow-up
  Needed Services field in association with
  Service Plan goal of Self-Employment plus other
  non-SKIES administrative wage records
• Exit date system-generated but not presently in
  SKIES

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Average Earnings Data Sources

• Definition
• Of those adults who are employed in Q1, Q2, and
  Q3 after the exit quarter
• Total earnings in Q2 plus total earnings in Q3
  after the exit quarter divided by of adults who
  exit during the quarter

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Average Earnings Data Sources

• Employed in Q1and Q2 and Q3 after exit UI WA
  State wage records (see Follow-up/TAXIS Wage
  Progression screen- Total Wages field) plus
  WRIS out-of-state wage records plus other
  non-SKIES administrative wage records
• Excludes self-employment from measure
• Exit date system-generated but not presently in
  SKIES

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Youth Measures WIA Only

• 3 Youth measures
• Placement in Employment or Education
• Attainment of Degree or Certificate
• Literacy and Numeracy Gains

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Placement in Employment or Education Data Sources

• Definition
• Of those youth who are not in post-secondary
  education or employment (including military) at
  the date of participation
• of youth who are employed (including military)
  or enrolled in post-secondary education and/or
  advanced training/occupational skills training in
  Q1 after the exit quarter divided by of youth
  who exit during the quarter

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Post Secondary Education Status
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Employment Status
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Placement in Employment or Education Data Sources

• Employed in Q1 after exit UI WA State wage
  records (see Follow-up/TAXIS Wage Progression
  screen- Total Wages field) plus WRIS
  out-of-state wage records plus Follow-up/Service
  Plan/Services- Follow-up Needed Services field
  in association with Service Plan goal of
  Self-Employment plus other non-SKIES
  administrative wage records

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Placement in Employment or Education Data Sources

• Enrolled in post-secondary education or
  advanced/occupational skills training Seeker
  Programs/Program Enrollment- Program Outcome
  field and Follow-Up Plan/Services- Follow-up
  Needed Services field
• Exit date system-generated but not presently in
  SKIES

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Post Secondary/Advanced Training At Exit
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Post-Secondary/Advanced Training in Q1 After Exit
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Attainment of Degree or Certificate Data Sources

• Definition
• Of those youth enrolled in education at the date
  of participation or anytime during participation
• of youth who attain a diploma, GED, or
  certificate by the end of Q3 after the exit
  quarter divided by of youth who exit during the
  quarter

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Attainment of Degree or Certificate Data Sources

• Enrolled in education includes participation in
  secondary school, post-secondary school, adult
  education programs or other program leading to a
  degree or certificate
• Excludes work readiness and locally-recognized
  certificates
• Includes participants who leave the program and
  return to secondary school

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Attainment of Degree or Certificate Data Sources

• Enrolled in education Seeker Programs/Program
  Details- In School? field or Service
  Plan/Services- Provider Service field with
  PURSUING GED/DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE (YOUTH ONLY)
  service or Seeker Programs/Program
  Enrollment-Program Outcome field with
  ATTENDING SECONDARY SCHOOL OR ATTENDING
  ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL outcomes
• Degree or Certificate - Service Plan/Services-
  Actual Outcome field or Education
  assessment/Education History- Certificate Name
  and Completion Date fields or Degree and
  Completion Date fields or Follow-Up
  Plan/Services- Follow-up Needed Services field

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Degree or Certificate
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Degree or Certificate
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Degree or Certificate
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Degree or Certificate
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Degree or Certificate
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Literacy and Numeracy Gains Data Sources

• Definition
• Of those out-of-school youth who are basic skills
  deficient
• of youth who increase one or more educational
  functional levels divided by of youth who have
  completed a year in the program (one year from
  date of initial youth program service) plus of
  youth who exit before completing one year in the
  program

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Out-Of-School Youth
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Basic Skills Deficiency
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Literacy/Numeracy
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Literacy/Numeracy
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Literacy/Numeracy
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Literacy/Numeracy
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Literacy/Numeracy
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Literacy/Numeracy
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New Reports Under Consideration

• Various Alert Reports to notify staff when
• A program participant is exited
• A program participant has not received a
  qualifying service within X number of days
• A program completer who receives a subsequent
  qualifying service
• Services that remain active beyond the planned
  end date
• Reports should provide flexibility for staff to
  set report parameters

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Desk Aids Under Development

• Desk Aids designed for quick reference
• Chart of Services
• Participant/Performance Scenarios
• Self Employment
• Gaps in Service
• Literacy and Numeracy Measure
• Performance Measures Calculation
• Common Measures/WIA/GMAP Side-By-Side

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