workforce data quality campaign (wdqc): for data on all pathways and labor market outcomes andy van...

Workforce Data Quality Campaign (WDQC):

For Data on all Pathwaysand Labor Market Outcomes

Andy Van KleunenOVAE Virtual Data Quality Institute

June 6th, 2012

www.nationalskillscoalition.org

“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


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


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


#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?


#1: All Pathways

• Working adult laid off from auto industry

• HS CTE student in Health Sciences


#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)


#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)


• Which credentials sought by employers?

• Which credentials counted?– High School and College Degrees

= yes– Certificates / Certifications =

depends– Licensure / Third-Party= often

not


U.S. Job Openings by Skill Level, 2014Harry Holzer and Robert Lerman, America’s Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs


• 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



#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?


• 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)



#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


• Aspen CC Prize

• PPV Benchmarking for CBOs & CCs

#4: Feedback to Programs


• Finalizing Campaign Agenda– Upcoming meeting with State Data

Experts

• Congressional Meetings– Possible Hill briefing

• Launch of Campaign– Fall 2012

Your Input


Contact

Andy Van KleunenExecutive DirectorNational Skills Coalition202-223-8991, ext. [email protected]

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workforce data quality campaign (wdqc): for data on all pathways and labor market outcomes andy van...

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