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Workforce Data Quality Campaign (WDQC):
For Data on all Pathwaysand Labor Market Outcomes
Andy Van KleunenOVAE Virtual Data Quality Institute
June 6th, 2012
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“Workforce Data” = ?
• Data advocates: “P-20/W”– Workforce = Employment
data
• Workforce Advocates– Workforce = Data on
workforce development programs leading to employment
Tim Harmon, Workforce Enterprise Services (8/5/10) 3
Elementary
Secondary
Adult Ed/
Bridge
Technical/ Certificate Credit Programs
Associate Degree Programs
Baccalaureate Programs
Advanced and Prof. Degree Programs UI/FEDES Covered Employment
Unemployment Insurance
Employment Service
Workforce Investment Act Title I
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Temp Assistance to Needy Families
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Registered Apprenticeship
Vocational Rehabilitation
Technical/ Certificate Non-Credit Programs
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Workforce Data Quality Campaign
• Build upon work of DQC
• Labor Supply: Bring in skills programs, new stakeholders
• Labor Demand: Employment outcomes, industry needs, jobs data
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WDQC Data Goals
1. Pathways: Include all Students and Programs within aligned data systems
2. Outcomes: Employment & Credentials across all human capital programs
3. Jobs: Best Labor Market Information to policymakers, programs, students
4. Feedback: Student data to programs and institutions for improvement
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#1: All Pathways
• How many current students captured by– SLDS systems – IPEDs (< 6.6 million of 11 million at
CCs)– WIASRD (8.7 million)– ABE National Reporting System (2.3
million)
• How many linked?– Which programs, students left out?
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#1: All Pathways
• Working adult laid off from auto industry
• HS CTE student in Health Sciences
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#1: All Pathways
• Federal Policy options– Education: Expand required SLDS
student matches for programs beyond K-12
– Labor: Require connection to SLDS to qualify for discretionary grants (not just WDQI)
• State Policy / Practice options– Cross-agency data body beyond
education-focused -20 Councils (orange boxes)
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#2: Employment/Credentials across All
• Which require employment reporting?– WIA Title I , CTE non-credit= yes– ABE Title II, CTE for-credit = depends– 4-year degrees = typically not
• Where can you find employment data?– DOL: WRIS 2 (voluntary; only 21 states)– Census: LED (50 states, but not used)– DOED: Gainful Employment (for-profit,
non-credit)
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• Which credentials sought by employers?
• Which credentials counted?– High School and College Degrees
= yes– Certificates / Certifications =
depends– Licensure / Third-Party= often
not
#2: Employment/Credentials across All
U.S. Job Openings by Skill Level, 2014Harry Holzer and Robert Lerman, America’s Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs
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• Federal Policy options– Incent more states into WRIS2– Leverage data already at Census LED– Wyden “Know Before You Go” Act
• State Policy / Practice options– Cross-Agency Credential Measurement
(MD)– Higher Education employment reports
(VA)– Wage record data by occupation vs.
industry
#2: Employment/Credentials across All
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#3: Labor Market Information
• Best available LMI…– Traditional LMI (2-3 year lag)– Real-time openings data (current, but
costly)
• Is it consistently available to inform…– Policymaker views of education
priorities?– Student choices about programs?– Program choices about updating
curricula?– Confirmation of employer input?
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• Federal Policy options– National purchase (or compilation) of
real-time data for all public educ/training programs
– End redundant / conflicting career counseling information between public programs
• State Policy / Practice options– Human capital investment analysis (RI)– Statewide sector strategies that include
data analysis (PA; 30 others)
#3: Labor Market Information
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#4: Feedback to Programs
• Comparable to challenges faced by high schools– Feedback reports
• Challenges multiplied for career pathways with multiple funding sources– Different datasets, none linked– Inability to get long-term student data
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• Aspen CC Prize
• PPV Benchmarking for CBOs & CCs
#4: Feedback to Programs
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• Finalizing Campaign Agenda– Upcoming meeting with State Data
Experts
• Congressional Meetings– Possible Hill briefing
• Launch of Campaign– Fall 2012
Your Input
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Contact
Andy Van KleunenExecutive DirectorNational Skills Coalition202-223-8991, ext. [email protected]
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