1. W ORKFORCE D ATA QUALITY INITIATIVE LONGITUDINAL DATA FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Vocational Rehabilitation Annual Summit September 10, 2015

2. 2 [VIDEO PLACEHOLDER]

3. WHAT IS WDQI FOR? 3 1.Develop longitudinal data systems 2.Match workforce & education data 3.Improve data quality 4.Evaluate performance 5.Make data available to consumers

4. WDQI AWARDS One round of funding Two rounds of funding

5. WHAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE? 5 Webinars and working groups Online Community of Practice Coaching Annual conference

6. OUR COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

7. 7 Incorporating data from lots of partners Making tools for consumers, administrators, researchers, policymakers Calculating performance Doing research Affecting policy WHAT ARE GRANTEES DOING?

8. INCORPORATING DATA FROM PARTNERS 8 K-12 Higher Ed (public, private) Adult Education, CTE Other! Vocational Rehabilitation Services Health & Human Services UI Wages Unemployment Benefits TAA, Wagner- Peyser, WIOA

9. & MAKING SYSTEMS WORK! (Kansas’s authentication process)

11. MAKING DATA USE TOOLS AVAILABLE 11 Minnesota’s Graduate Employment OutcomesGraduate Employment Outcomes Mississippi Works Missouri’s Wage ExplorerWage Explorer NC TOWER South Dakota’s Postsecondary Graduate Employment & Wage Outcomes systemPostsecondary Graduate Employment & Wage Outcomes Texas CREWS

12. MISSISSIPPI WORKS

13. CALCULATING PERFORMANCE 13 Idaho now submits WIA and Wagner-Peyser performance reports to DOL via its LDS Ohio’s Workforce Success MeasuresWorkforce Success Measures Virginia’s Workforce System Report CardWorkforce System Report Card New Jersey is preparing for changes to performance brought by WIOApreparing for changes to performance brought by WIOA Wyoming calculates performance measures for ABE and community college TAACCCT grantees

14. OHIO WIA PERFORMANCE REPORT

15. PROVIDING LEADERS WITH INFORMATION 15 Arkansas’s Economic Security Reports, now required by Act 852Act 852 Kentucky Center for Education & Workforce Statistics County ProfilesCounty Profiles Mississippi’s Life TracksLife Tracks Rhode Island Data Hub’s Data StoriesData Stories

16. RHODE ISLAND’S DATA STORIES

17. CHANGING THE POLICY CONVERSATION 17 Illinois distinguishes between “Conventional Narratives” and “Enhanced Narratives” Indiana hones in on the occupation data gap Minnesota shows program alignment is more important than attendance numbers Virginia and Pennsylvania publicize key policy questions

18. MINNESOTA SHIFTS THE CONVERSATION 18 Focus less on sending more people to college to aligning programs to the skills that employers seek:

19. LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH THE WDQI TEAM IN YOUR STATE!

20. Melissa Mack Workforce Data Quality Initiative Technical Assistance Social Policy Research Associates 20