California Adult Education End-of-Year Progress Report to the Legislature: Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title II. Program Year 2009. July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009

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Adult Education; Adult Basic Education; Secondary Education; Federal Legislation; Federal Aid; Grants; Educational Finance; Literacy Education; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; High School Equivalency Programs; Citizenship Education; Program Effectiveness; Geographic Regions; Institutional Characteristics; Enrollment; Outcomes of Education; Labor Force Development; Transitional Programs; Program Implementation

California; United States

The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 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 2008-09 (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 2008-09 represents the tenth year of WIA Title II implementation. Two major implementation goals are to: (1) increase performance outcomes; (2) increase student success in transitions to postsecondary education and to the workforce. 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 United States Department of Education (ED), Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), for eleven 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 2 footnotes.) [This report was prepared by Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS) for the California Department of Education (CDE), Adult Education Office (AEO). For the 2008 edition of this report, see ED505255.]

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ED540984