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ERIC Number: ED540986
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Aug
Pages: 38
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
End-of-Year 2010-11 Progress Report to the Legislature: Implementation and Impact of the Workforce Investment Act, Title II Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1)
The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) provides funding for states and territories to provide instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) to adults in need of these literacy services. California State Budget Act language for fiscal year 2010-11 (Item 6110-156-0890, Provision 3) requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to report on the implementation of the WIA, Title II. Fiscal year 2010-11 represents the twelfth year of WIA, Title II implementation. Two major implementation goals are to: (1) increase performance outcomes and (2) increase student success in transitions to postsecondary education and to the workforce. The WIA, Title II multiyear grants are funded on a pay-for-performance basis. California's federal funding allocation plan is based on documented student performance and goal attainment in educational programs. Each year California uses the student performance data to negotiate performance goals with the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) for 11 literacy levels within the program areas of ABE, ASE, and ESL, and the four core follow-up outcome measures of: (1) entered employment; (2) retained employment; (3) entered postsecondary education or training; and (4) attained a GED certificate or high school diploma. The literacy level performance goals are based on the percentage of all enrollees who complete a literacy level within the program year. The core follow-up outcome measures are based on the percentage of adult learners who identify specific goals for their enrollment and achieve their goals after exiting the program. Appended are: (1) Progress Measures; (2) WIA Title II Enrollments and Performance; (3) CASAS Skill Level Descriptors for ABE and ASE; and (4) CASAS Skill Level Descriptors for ESL. (Contains 1 footnote.) [For the 2010 edition of this report, see ED540985.]
CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems. 5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 220, San Diego, CA 92123. Tel: 800-255-1036; Fax: 858-292-2910; e-mail: casas@casas.org; Web site: http://www.casas.org
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Basic Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: California Department of Education, Adult Education Office
Authoring Institution: CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems)
Identifiers - Location: California; United States
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Workforce Investment Act 1998
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Educational Development Tests
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A