Evaluation and Research to Increase Evidence for Workforce Programs July 2, 2019 Evaluation and Research to Increase Evidence for Workforce Programs National Association of Workforce Boards Forum March 26, 2019

Adele Gagliardi Administrator, Office of Policy Development and Research U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

State and Local Activities Building Evaluation Capacity Implementing Evidence-Based Approaches Federal Updates Findings from recent studies New evaluations underway Examples of Evaluation Activities and Resources

Clyde McQueen David Hunn Wayne Gordon President and CEO Full Employment Council, Inc. of Kansas City David Hunn Executive Director Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board Wayne Gordon Director, Research and Evaluation U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Panel Discussion

Discussion: Value and Use of Research and Evaluations Formalizing workforce and research partnerships to design and conduct rigorous evaluations; Identifying research and evaluation priorities for your local areas and states; and Utilizing data sets, tools and systems for evaluative research.

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Evaluation and Research Hub A community point of access to support policymakers and program managers with their efforts to use evaluations to improve services and choose evaluations and research to inform program policies and evidence-based practices https://evalhub.workforcegps.org/ Workforce System Strategies Contains over 1200 profiles of workforce development research and evaluation studies, toolkits, and other resources to support program management and operations, education and training, and employment, retention or advancement activities. https://strategies.workforcegps.org/ USDOL-ETA Division of Research and Evaluation Manages ETA’s rigorous research and evaluation publications, public data sets, and current projects. https://www.doleta.gov/research/ CLEAR Makes research on labor topics more accessible to practitioners, policymakers, research and the public to help inform decisions; and summarizes findings from rigorous studies. https://www.dol.gov/asp/evaluation/ Evaluation Policy Statement DOL’s key principles to panning, conducting, and using program evaluations. https://www.dol.gov/asp/evaluation/Evaluation Policy.htm

Workforce System Strategies Support for access to Evaluation Resources WorkforceGPS WorforceSystemStrategies@dol.gov Gloria Salas-Kos Program Analyst – Research and Evaluation USDOL-ETA salas-kos.gloria@dol.gov 202-693-3596