The following documents include both promising practices and literature reviews applicable to the Common Performance Measures. Due to WIOA’s requirement for the Departments of Labor and Education programs to measure long-term employment-related outcomes, these practices and research provide detailed information on identified barriers and possible strategies regarding self-sustaining needs of people with disabilities.
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- CPM Related Initiatives and Core Partner Shared Practices
- Analysis of Historical Data Related to Common Performance Measures
- Program Evaluation/Continuous Improvement – Coming Soon
- Data Sharing Agreements – Coming Soon
CPM Related Initiatives and Core Partner Shared Practices
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Wisconsin Division of Vocational Rehabilitation – WIOA Performance Advisory Committee and Credential Attainment and Measurable Skill Gains Strategies (Recently presented at the 2017 WINTAC Pre-Conference at the 2017 Summit Group Conference)
The vision of the Wisconsin WIOA Performance Advisory Committee is to approach WIOA Performance in a collaborative manner with workforce and education partners to provide WIOA state leaders the expertise and recommendations needed to ensure WIOA programs in Wisconsin are successful. In addition, the committee developed an agreement with the National Student Clearing House to assist in gathering credential data.
Because of the WIOA Performance Advisory Committee, WI has issued guidance and training to staff in each of the core program agencies to assist in the determination of acceptable credentials and measurable skill gains in the state of Wisconsin. The guidance includes the following:
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South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department – Apprenticeships Program (Recently presented at the 2017 WINTAC Pre-Conference at the 2017 Summit Group Conference)
The Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship Program is in collaboration with South Carolina’s core partners and Trident Technical College. Students who complete this apprenticeship program can earn measurable skill gains while they are working toward their credential, which will assist the core partners in tracking and reporting these performance measures. Resources include the following:
Analysis of Historical Data Related to Common Performance Measures
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WIOA-Based Accountability: Initial WIOA-Based Outcomes in Texas
Texas looked at historical client data for Adult WIOA clients, Vocational Rehabilitation and Labor, to gauge Texas' potential performance on the WIOA employment and median earnings performance measures. Texas used FY12-17 as its years for analysis. The VR participants, with the exception of one year, had the highest percentage of clients employed in Quarter 2, Quarter 3 and Quarter 4 after exit. This examined their employment status but not whether clients were working for the same employer in the three quarters.
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A Presentation on North Carolina’s Common Follow-up System
The Common Follow-up System provides information on the educational and employment outcomes of participants in North Carolina's publicly supported educational, employment and training programs (including VR) for use in state-level planning, policy making, program evaluation, resource allocation and career planning. The system helps answer questions about participants and graduates in areas such as wages, the industries employing them, differences in employment and wages for different academic majors, and if they find employment within the state of North Carolina.