1. CBS Fall 2012 Jacquie Armstrong

2.   SAI  Workforce Partners – Incentive Funds  Measure the Good Work We Do  Provide an Opportunity to Heighten Awareness  Most importantly they help students progress Why Level Gains Matter

3.  Washington State Measure FY11 State Actual FY12 State Actual FY12 State Target FY13 State TargetNational Average ABE Beginning Literacy 38% 37%41%39%41% ABE Beginning 33% 38%34%44% ABE Low Intermediate 32% 31%36%34%45% ABE High Intermediate 21% 18%24%25%38% ASE Low 15% 12%16%25%42% ESL Beginning Literacy 50% 51%54%52%47% ESL Low Beginning 52% 55%54%49% ESL High Beginning 49% 47%50%51%52% ESL Low Intermediate 43% 42%47%45%48% ESL High Intermediate 42% 47%43%42% ESL Advanced 30% 27%30%31%24% FY12 Exception Requests for the 45-hour Rule ApprovedUnapprovedTotal 14665211 Student Outcome Targets

4.   Bellingham Technical College  Cascadia Community College  Grays Harbor College  Lake Washington Inst. of Technology  Skagit Valley Community Action Agency  Sound Learning  Tacoma Community College 16% of providers met this standard Providers that met or exceeded at least 50% of their level targets

5.   Cedar Creek Corrections Center (Centralia CC)  Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (Walla Walla CC)  Mission Creek Corrections for Women (Tacoma CC)  Olympic Corrections Center (Peninsula C)  Washington State Penitentiary (Walla Walla CC) 42% of corrections programs met this standard. Corrections Programs that met State targets in at least 50% of the levels

6.  Reflect on your own program:  In which levels did performance increase?  In which levels did performance decrease?  What contributed to these changes? Discuss in small groups:  What contributed to the changes in your program?  What strategies have been or can be implemented to improve student outcomes in programs like yours and/or across the state? Strategies