Program Entry/Exit &
Period of Participation
Employment Performance Indicators
Measurable Skill Gain (MSG)
Credential Attainment Indicator
Exit-based Indicators
100
The date that a reportable individual enrolls in an adult education and family literacy program.
What is program entry?
100
This indicator includes participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit from the program.
What is median earnings?
100
What are the two types of measurable skill gains that apply to adult education.
What is educational functioning level gain and receipt of a secondary credential?
100
This indicator has to do with participants who obtain a secondary school diploma or recognized equivalent or a recognized postsecondary credential while enrolled or within one year of exit.
What is the credential attainment indicator?
100
Three circumstances that allow exclusion from exit-based indicators.
What are any three of the following: 1) Medical treatment that lasts more than 90 days; 2) call up to active duty in the National Guard or other armed services for at least 90 days; 3) change in foster care placement (youth); 4) deceased?
200
When a participant no longer receives services for 90 days and has no additional services scheduled.
What is program exit?
200
The procedure to measure employment performance indicators. (It is not new.)
What is tracking participants (data matched, surveyed) after exit?
200
This type of gain is measured by comparing the participant's pre-test, with the participant's post-test, using an NRS approved test.
What is an educational functioning level (EFL) gain?
200
Receipt of a secondary credential without employment or postsecondary entry.
What is not counted in numerator of the credential indicator?
200
The postsecondary education indicator is limited to these participants.
What are participants who exited and were enrolled in a postsecondary education or training program, including an integrated education and training (IET) program?
300
The period of time that has elapsed since the participant last received services to determine exit.
What is at least 90 days?
300
The periods of time that are used for the employment indicators that include the percentage of participants who are in unsubsidized employment.
What are the second and fourth quarters after exit?
300
Only one of these can be counted per period of participation.
What is a measurable skill gain?
300
Receipt of this credential is a new indicator.
What is postsecondary credential?
300
This exit-based indicator applies to a participant who advances to the 9th grade during a period of participation.
What is secondary credential?
400
A person with more than one program entry with 12 or more contact hours each will have this.
What is multiple periods of participation?
400
Two things that are new about employment performance indicators.
What is two of the following: 1) Employment measures changed from first and third quarter to second and fourth quarter follow-up, 2) median earnings added, and 3) employment indicators now measure employment rate and are not based on employment status?
400
A participant at ABE level 5 is awarded Carnegie units in an adult high school program counts for this indicator.
What is an educational functioning level (EFL) gain (or MSG)?
400
A participant who obtains a secondary school diploma while enrolled and is currently employed after 9 months of exiting the program has this indicator.
What is credential attainment indicator?
400
A participant who did not previously have a high school equivalency, and entered her program at the 9th grade level and exited counts for this indicator.
What is the credential indicators?