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Quarterly Workforce System Results |
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Glossary of Performance Measures |
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COMMON PERFORMANCE
MEASURES |
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(Used by Workforce Investment Act, Wagner-Peyser,
TAA, SCSEP, PRI, and NFJP)
Adult Measures
Entered Employment
Of those who are not employed at the date of
participation:
The number of adult participants who are
employed in the first quarter after the exit quarter
divided by the number of adult participants who
exit during the quarter.
Employment Retention
Of those who are employed in the first quarter
after the exit quarter:
The number of adult participants who are employed
in both the second and third quarters after
the exit quarter divided by the number of adult
participants who exit during the quarter.
Average Earnings
Of those adult participants who are employed in
the first, second, and third quarters after the exit
quarter:
Total earnings in the second quarter plus the total
earnings in the third quarter after the exit quarter
divided by the number of adult participants who
exit during the quarter.
Average Earnings Change in Six Months 1
Of those who are employed in Q1 after exit: the
total post-program earnings (earnings in Q2 + Q3
after exit) minus pre-program earnings (earnings
in Q2 + Q3 prior to registration) divided by the
number of adults who exit during the quarter. |
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Youth Measures
Attainment of a Degree or Certificate
Of those enrolled in education (at the date of
participation or at any point during the program):
the number of youth participants who attain a
diploma, GED, or certificate by the end of the
third quarter after the exit quarter divided by
the number of youth participants who exit during
the quarter.
Literacy and Numeracy Gains
Of those out-of-school youth who are basic skills
deficient: the number of youth participants who
increase one or more educational functioning
levels divided by the number of youth participants
who have completed a year in the program
(i.e., one year from the date of first youth program
service) plus the number of youth participants
who exit before completing a year in the program.
Placement in Employment or Education
Of those who are not in postsecondary education
or employment (including the military) at the date
of participation: the number of youth participants
who are in employment (including the military)
or enrolled in postsecondary education and/or
advanced training/occupational skills training in
the first quarter after the exit quarter divided by
the number of youth participants who exit during
the quarter. |
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Program Specific Performance Measures |
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Foreign Labor Certification
Percent of H-1B Applications Processed
Within Seven Days of the Filing Date for
Which No Prevailing Wage Issues are
Identified
This estimate is based on the difference between
the date an application is received and the date it
is processed by ETA divided by the total number
of applications received for a given reporting
period for which no prevailing wage issues are
identified. An application is considered processed
if the last significant event is (1) certified (2)
denied or (3) withdrawn.
Percent of Employer Applications for
Labor Certification under the Streamlined
System that Are Resolved Within Six Months
of Filing
This estimate is based on the difference between
the date an application is received by ETA and
the date it is processed by ETA divided by the
total number of applications received for a given
reporting period. An application is considered
processed if the last significant event is: (1)
certified (2) denied or (3) withdrawn.
The Average Cost for Processing a New
PERM Application
This calculation is part of DOL’s Cost Analysis
Manager (CAM) initiative.
Percent of the H-2B Applications Processed
Within 60 Days of Receipt
This estimate is based on the difference between
the date an application is received by a State
Workforce Agency and the date it is processed by
ETA divided by the total number of applications
received for a given reporting period. An application
is considered processed if the last significant
event is: (1) certified, (2) denied, (3) withdrawn,
(4) remand issued to the employer, or (5) remand
issued to the State Workforce Agency. |
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1 This definition was used for earnings in Program Year 2005. Q=Quarter |
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Indian and Native American Adults
Average Hourly Wage Gain
Measures the INA program’s ability to increase
participant earnings by comparing “preprogram”
wages with “post-program” wages.
As a dollar amount, the post-program wages
minus pre-program wages for those participants
that obtained employment after exiting the
program. The outcome for this measure is an
average of all “pre” and “post” program wages
for all participants that obtained employment
at exit.
Employability Enhancement Rate
As a rate, the total number of terminees who
obtained an employability enhancement (whether
or not they entered employment), divided by
the total number of terminees enrolled in the
program year.
Entered Employment Rate
The number of terminees who entered unsubsidized
employment at termination divided by the
total number of terminees.
Positive Termination Rate
As a rate, those who either entered unsubsidized
employment at termination or attained an
employability enhancement, divided by all
terminees enrolled in the program year.
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Indian and Native American Youth
Attainment of Two or More Goals
The total number of youth participants enrolled
in the Grantee’s Supplemental Youth Services
Program who attained at least two of the thirteen
goals listed in the legislation divided by the total
number of Supplemental Youth Services participants
enrolled during the report period.
Educational Attainment for Dropouts
The number of dropouts who have obtained a
high school diploma, GED, or increased their
literacy and numeracy by two grade levels
divided by the total number of dropouts.
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Internet-Based Assistance The Number of Page Views on
America’s Career InfoNet
The Dissemination of O*NET Data
Measured by Site Visits
The Number of Page Views on
Career Voyages
Percent of New Requirements Ratings
for O*NET-SOC Occupations
Number of occupations updated and released in
database divided by the total number of O*NETSOC
occupations during the fiscal year.
Percent of O*NET-SOC Occupations for
Which Updated Data Are Released
Number of occupations for which incumbent
survey activities have been completed and closed
out divided by the total number of O*NET-SOC
occupations during the fiscal year.
Website Visits to O*NET
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Prisoner Reentry Initiative
(PRI)
Recidivism Rate
The percentage of participants who are rearrested
for a new crime or reincarcerated for
revocation of a parole or probation violation
within one year from release from prison.
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Registered Apprenticeship
Employment Retention
The number of apprentices employed nine
months after registration divided by the number
of apprentices registered in the first quarter of
the fiscal year.
Earnings Gain
The difference between the average of the current
wage of the total number of entrants still
employed nine months later and the average of
the starting wage of the total number of entrants
registered in the first quarter of the fiscal year.
Average Cost Per Registered Apprentice
Program budget allocation divided by total active
federal program participants (apprentices).
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Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
Placement Rate
The number of participants during the report
period who were placed in unsubsidized
employment divided by the number of authorized
grantee community service positions. Placement
in unsubsidized employment may be either
part-time or full-time.
Service Level
The count of participants during the report
period divided by the total number of authorized
grantee community service positions.
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Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Percent of Intrastate Payments Made Timely
The percentage of intrastate UI benefit first
payments for full weeks of unemployment issued
within 14 days following the first compensable
week in states with a waiting week, and 21 days
in non-waiting week states.
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Detection of Recoverable Overpayments
The amount of overpayments (dollars) established
through state operations as a percent of the
estimated amount states can detect and establish
for recovery.
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Entered Employment Rate
The percent of persons receiving an intrastate first
payment in a given quarter who had earnings in
the next quarter.
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Percent of Employer Tax Liability Determinations Made Timely
The percent of new employer determinations
made within 90 days of the end of the quarter in
which employers became liable to pay unemployment
taxes.
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1 This definition was used for earnings in Fiscal Year 2006. Q=Quarter |
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