Major Guiding Changes in WIOA for Basic Education for Adults
 Requires the development and implementation of effective and accessible college and
career pathways.
 Requires that Basic Education aligns to the K12 standards and no longer gets students to
10th grade competency levels but provides them with the skills to be college ready.
 Requires employability skills be taught in every class at every level.
 It supports—I-BEST-- or integrated, co-enrolled workforce and training programs that
accelerate the transition to post-secondary certificates and degrees that ensure adults have
the skills to secure family sustaining jobs and contribute to Washington’s 21 st Century
workforce.
 Includes math instruction and reading strategy instruction be taught at all levels for both
ABE and ESL.
 New Clarification on EL Civics: The inclusion of integrated employment and training
activities such as I-BEST is all that can be funded with Integrated English and Literacy Civics
Education. EL Civics funds can now only be used for students in integrated, co-enrolled
employment activities (I-BEST). This may limit who applies for EL Civics funding.
 Includes speaking and listening for ABE
 Expands the provision for technology using federal leadership funding.
 Supports one-stop centers. All core programs and a list of additional agencies will be
required to support one-stop centers with in-kind support/services or funding (up to 1.5%
of their total federal grant (ABE Master Grant and EL Civics grant.)
 Increases accountability and demonstrated effectiveness in reaching federal targets
 But most importantly, it requires all of us to continue to expand collaboration work as an
integrated team to advance the guiding principles that we believe in and have supported.
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In WIOA, there are no individual performance measures; only one set of performance
measures for all core programs. This single set of metrics includes:
 The percent of program participants who are in unsubsidized employment during
second quarter after exit.
 The percent of program participants who are in unsubsidized employment during fourth
quarter after exit.
 The median earnings of participants who are in unsubsidized employment during
second quarter after exit.
 The percent of participants who obtain a recognized postsecondary credential or a
secondary diploma or its recognized equivalent during participation in or within 1 year
of exit.
 The percent of participants who during the program year are in education or training
that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential or employment and who are
achieving measurable skill gains towards such a credential or employment.
 The indicators of effectiveness in serving employers.
CBS Spring Meeting
4/16/15
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