ASISTS Program Manager’s Training Rosemary Matt NRS Liaison for NYS R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

Use Data to Inform Your Program Review all data reports from FY08/09 What does the data tell you About your intake process? Persistence About your assessment practices? About your student population? About your program performance? R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center Intake Process… How many students were enrolled in your program? How many students counted for NRS purposes (ie. met the threshold criteria of 12 contact hours and a valid pre test) What does this tell you about the population you serve? What may it be telling you about your intake process? R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

Assessment practices: How many students were not pre tested? How many students were not post tested? How many invalid tests were recorded? When did your staff last attend training? R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center Student population: In what level were the most students served? Is this the level where you dedicate the most resources? Which level showed the most gain? Is your program consistent with the NYS? R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center Program performance: In what areas is your program the strongest? Where does your program need to show improvement? What have you done/are doing to make this happen? R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

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More about Assessment Practices: How frequently are post tests given? Who decides when a post test is appropriate? In the case of the TABE, who decides which form and level are appropriate? How are students prepared for the post test? R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center Invalid Tests: R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

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R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center Look Closely! R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

Post Test Rate: WILL Count in FY09/10 – Educational Gain 65% Post Test Rate: WILL Count in FY09/10 – meet the benchmark and then Quartile ranked. R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

New Educational Gain Target for FY09/10 is 46% R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

Follow Up Outcomes For Enter Employment: this column will include those students having the goal of “Obtain Employment” and exited in Quarters 2, 3, and 4 of FY08/09 AND students exiting in Quarter 1 of FY09/10. R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

students exiting in Quarters 1, 2, and 3 of FY08/09. Follow Up Outcomes For FY09/10 Retain Employment: this column will include those students having the goal of “Retain Employment” and exited in Quarter 4 of FY07/08 AND students exiting in Quarters 1, 2, and 3 of FY08/09. R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center Follow Up Outcomes For FY09/10 exiters with either goal of Enter Postsecondary Education or Training ___ OR ___ Obtain GED/Secondary School Diploma: They include students exiting in FY09/10 between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center Goal Setting Goal Setting: Special attention should be given to the determination of a students Employment Status Unemployed and Available for Work Unemployed and Not Available for Work R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center Survey Response Rate Survey Response Rate: Number of Exiters with Follow Up Goals Includes students from: Enter Employment Retain Employment GED Goal Postsecondary Education R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center CIRCLE of DATA Data Collection (Intake) Data Input Reports & Review R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center TASK MASTER Data Team Assignments (enter the names of the staff assigned to each task): Intake & Assessment: ________________________ Data Input: _________________________________ Data Maintenance (Preparation for new fiscal year, electronic record match paper record): __________________________________ R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center TASK MASTER Management Reports (Generate Class Rosters, Attendance Reports, Turnaround Documents): ___________________________________________ Funding Reports (NRS, EPE, Program Evaluation, Data Checks): ____________________________________________ R. Matt/NRS Liaison/Literacy Assistance Center

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