1. Technical Assistance Workshop Office of Adult Education January 16, 2013 1

2. Agenda  Overview of PY 2011-12 Performance  Federal Perspective on Post-Testing & Performance  Policy Review  MAERS Review & Helpful Hints  Best Practice Strategies & Panel Discussion  Table Discussion of Challenges & Solutions  Performance Improvement Plans  Next Steps 2

3. Program Year 2011-12 Performance 3

4. PY 2011-12 NRS Table 4 Entering Educational Functioning Level Total Number Registered Total Attendance Hours Number Completed a Level Number Completed Two or More Levels Number Separated Before Completion Number Remaining Within Level Percentage Completing Level USDOE Benchmark Beginning ABE Literacy1,611203,04355023051055134.14%36% Beginning Basic Education4,918595,5241,4245621,9241,57028.95%37% Low Intermediate Basic Ed.5,832636,5671,7534412,8011,27830.06%39% High Intermediate Basic Ed.4,974473,6911,2344133,10463624.81%30% Low Adult Secondary Ed.1,756172,58154401,1585430.98%31% Beginning ESL Literacy77581,275376246393648.52%58% Low Beginning ESL82997,9924932253241259.47%68% High Beginning ESL1,786210,3099713047932254.37%59% Low Intermediate ESL2,255269,7101,0203331,1617445.23%52% High Intermediate ESL1,590202,60974407826446.79%52% Advanced ESL1,347159,574714041421953.01%55% Total28,6143,190,8529,8232,75414,2734,51834.33% 4

5. PY 2011-12 NRS Table 5 Core Follow-up Outcome Measure Number of Participants with Goal Response Rate Number of Participants Achieving Outcome Weighted Average Percent Achieving Outcome USDOE Benchmark Entered Employment7,47843%64720% Retained Employment1,45328%31076%55% Obtained GED or HSD3,64870%1,91375%51% Entered Postsec. Ed1,31946%28848%42% 5

6. NRS Table 4B Comparison Entering Educational Functioning Level Total Number Registered PRE and POST Tested Number Completed Level Percentage Completing Level USDOE Benchmark Percentage Completing Level on Table 4 Beginning ABE Literacy77155071.34% 36%34.14% Beginning Basic Education2,5431,42456.00% 37%28.95% Low Intermediate Basic Ed.3,0771,75356.97% 39%30.06% High Intermediate Basic Ed.2,7871,23444.28% 30%24.81% Low Adult Secondary Education1,14054447.72% 31%30.98% Beginning ESL Literacy48937676.89% 58%48.52% Low Beginning ESL60549381.49% 68%59.47% High Beginning ESL1,31897173.67% 59%54.37% Low Intermediate ESL1,6571,02061.56% 52%45.23% High Intermediate ESL1,18874462.63% 52%46.79% Advanced ESL98871472.27% 55%53.01% Total17,2139,82357.07% 34.33% 6

7. Comparison of PY2011-12 & PY2010-11 7 Entering Educational Functioning Level2010-112011-12Change Beginning ABE Literacy41.2%34.1% -7.1% Beginning Basic Education36.9%29.0% -8.0% Low Intermediate Basic Ed.36.7%30.1% -6.6% High Intermediate Basic Ed.30.4%24.8% -5.6% Low Adult Secondary Education29.5%31.0% 1.5% Beginning ESL Literacy58.7%48.5% -10.2% Low Beginning ESL66.9%59.5% -7.4% High Beginning ESL58.9%54.4% -4.6% Low Intermediate ESL52.7%45.2% -7.4% High Intermediate ESL53.1%46.8% -6.3% Advanced ESL54.4%53.0% -1.4% Total40.0%34.3% -5.6%

8. Comparison of PY2011-12 & PY2010-11  Served 2,869 more participants in 2011-12  Average attendance hours increased from 108 to 112  EFL gains decreased by 466 or 4.5%  2,537 (16.5%) more participants separated before completion  978 (21.6%) more participants remained in the same EFL at exit as entry  Performance overall dropped by just over 5 percent 8

9. Performance Benchmarks 9

10. Federal Perspective Lennox McLendon 1

11. Assessment Policy Brian Frazier 11

12. Data Entry Policy Erica Luce 12

13. MAERS Review & Helpful Hints Sue Johnson 13

14. Table Discussion: Challenges & Solutions Sue Muzillo 14

15. Next Steps Kate Wolinski 15