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2 Year Modification

Plan: Michigan PYs 2018-2019
Unified Plan U

Section: WIOA State Plan Common Elements

Narrative: III. b. 4. C.

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  • III. Operational Planning Elements
    The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an Operational Planning Elements section that support the State’s strategy and the system-wide vision described in Section II.(c) above. Unless otherwise noted, all Operational Planning Elements apply to Combined State Plan partner programs included in the plan as well as to core programs. This section must include—

III. b. 4. C. Previous Assessment Results

Beginning with the state plan modification in 2018 and for subsequent state plans and state plan modifications, provide the results of an assessment of the effectiveness of the core programs and other one-stop partner programs and Combined State Plan partner programs included in the Unified or Combined State plan during the preceding 2-year period (i.e. the 2-year period of the plan modification cycle). Describe how the State is adapting its strategies based on these assessments.
View corresponding narrative from PYs 2016-2017

Current Narrative:

Michigan is currently exceeding the performance target for all measures for Title I programs (Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth) for which we have measures. Employment for the 4th quarter after exit and credential attainment data will not be available until the end of March.

In program year 2016-2017, there were 30,630 adult learners that enrolled in adult education programs across the state, a small increase from the previous year’s total of 30,051. Of those that enrolled, 26,105 received at least 12 hours of instruction and about 58% were pre and post-tested. The post-test rate for all participants with 12 or more hours was just over 66%.

Michigan outperformed its Title II Measurable Skill Gain target of 41 percent with over 46 percent of participants achieving a gain. There was a significant improvement in the educational gains of ABE participants which has long been an area of focus in Michigan. Over the year, the educational gain rate for ABE participants increased from 32 percent to more than 42 percent. The improved performance is primarily due to the additional ways a gain can be measured beyond gains on the post-test. An additional 1,616 participants made a measurable skill gain that did not make a gain on the post-test. This was especially true for participants at the ABE Low Intermediate, ABE High Intermediate, and Low ASE levels. Participants in these EFLs are likely to attain a high school diploma or equivalency and do not perform well on the post-test either because they do not take a post-test at all, do not take it seriously, or due to a number of other reasons local programs have shared over the years. These three EFLs accounted for 1,500 of the 2,092 participants that achieved a MSG by attaining a high school diploma or equivalent.

As reported on the PY 2016-2017 Statewide Performance Report, the majority of participants served in adult education have one or more barrier to employment, and just over 4.5 percent are co-enrolled in another core program under WIOA. Given this is the first year of collecting co-enrollment data, it is believed the actual percentage is higher and reporting in future years will improve to reflect it more accurately.