the emerging workforce data ecosystem: new strategies, partners & tools helping us get smarter...
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A Project of the US Department of Labor
The Emerging Workforce Data Ecosystem: The New Strategies, Partners & Tools Helping Us Get Smarter about Learning, Jobs & Careers
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A Project of the US Department of Labor
IMPACT SUSTAINABILITY
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A Project of the US Department of Labor
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Presenters
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“A dearth of mechanisms that
process and deliver data to people
is among the biggest gaps…if
there’s a need for government to
open more data, there’s an even
bigger need for someone to design
tools that make sense of the data
that’s already out there.”
Open Data’s Next Move,
Colin Wood, GovTech, March 2015
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Our own Weather Channel moment?
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Distinguished Panel
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Rachel ZinnDirector
Workforce Data Quality Campaign
State Data Systems: Progress & Possibility
Rachel Zinn
WDQC Director
March 12, 2015
WorkforceDQC.org
• Advocate for inclusive, aligned and market-relevant education
and workforce data that can help our nation’s human capital
policies meet the challenges of a changing economy.
• Promote federal and state reforms for data systems that provide
useful information for policymakers, students and workers,
business leaders and educators.
– State Blueprint with 13 key features of a high-quality data infrastructure
– Address federal legislation, funding and technical assistance
– Policy agenda developed by broad coalition of national organizations,
state leaders and technical experts across education/workforce spectrum
WDQC Mission
National Partners
Funders
Apollo Education Group
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Joyce Foundation
Lumina Foundation
State Progress
Good progress
• Interagency data governance
• State funding support
• Assess employment outcomes
Areas for improvement
• Measuring non-degree credentials
• Industry validation
• Skills gap analysis
State Efforts• Data sharing agreements
• Legislation on wage record access
• Performance-based funding
• Tools for students/families/workers
Federal Developments• WIOA training provider eligibility
• Measures in all programs
• College ratings proposal
• HEA reauthorization
State Blueprint:
Assessing Employment Outcomes
State Blueprint:
Cross-State Data Sharing
State Efforts
• Use of WRIS2 for colleges
• Regional data sharing
– WICHE, Western states
Federal Developments
• 2016 Budget: NDNH access, WIOA national database
• Use of tax data from SSA
State Efforts• Pilots: CompTIA; Workforce Credentials Coalition
• NGA veterans licensing & certification
Federal Developments• WIOA “recognized postsecondary credential”
• New questions on Current Population Survey
• 2016 Budget requests $15M for licensing studies
State Blueprint:
Industry-Recognized Credentials
Need to Demonstrate Data Impact
• Sustainability
• Privacy concerns
• SWEAP tools for informing policy www.nationalskillscoalition.org/state-policy/state-workforce-and-education-alignment-project
• Return on Investment studies
Engaging Employers
• Chamber of Commerce paper
• WDQC research
Other Trends and Resources
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Distinguished Panel
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Neil RidleyDirector of State Initiatives
Center on Education & the Workforce, Georgetown University
Integrated Data
for
Research and
Informed Action
Workforce Data Quality Initiative
March 12, 2015
Center on Education and the Workforce
Center on Education and the Workforce
• Forecasts of educational demand
• Economic value of postsecondary education and credentials
• Role of online job postings in understanding the labor market
• Workforce trends in health care and STEM
Research and Policy Questions• Understanding the Credentialing Marketplace
• Charting Career Pathways
• Using Predictive Analytics to Promote Participant Progress and Success
The Credentialing Marketplace • Growth in credentials that are not academic
degrees
• Policy and research interest in the measurement of postsecondary outcomes
• Questions: What is the economic value of sub-baccalaureate credentials? How much variation by major/field of study? How much stacking of credentials is there? What is happening to non-completers?
Male certificate holders working in their field of study earn more than those working out of field.
Female certificate holders get a large in-field earnings boost in business/office work, computer/information services, and healthcare.
The Credentialing Marketplace Data Gaps
• Non-credit student enrollment and related data
• Third-party industry certifications data (ACTE Certification Data Exchange and Workforce Credentials Coalition)
Charting Career Pathways• National and state interest in career pathways
and sector strategies (WIOA)
• Too little known about educational and labor market outcomes
• Questions: What are successful career pathways and for whom? Do participants advance to the next level of education/employment? What are longer-term outcomes of training?
Charting Career PathwaysData Gaps
• Cross-program data linkages (to capture individuals moving to and from adult education, college-level programs and workforce programs)
• Occupational information in the wage record data collected from employers
Predictive Analytics• Early stages of incorporating labor market
outcomes and applying data analytics to program improvement
• Potential of using administrative data (SLDS/WDQI)
• Questions: How does the mix/intensity of program services affect employment outcomes? What enrollment/co-enrollment/service patterns are associated with positive outcomes?
CEW State Initiative• Expertise in connecting education and
employment
• Analytic support at no cost to states
• Team of national experts with deep state policy experience and knowledge of state administrative data systems to provide operational assistance
Operational Use of Data in 5 Areas:
1) Aligning program capacity with labor market demand
2) Curriculum alignment with workforce requirements
3) Individual job placement and skill gap analysis
4) Counseling and career pathways
5) Business expansion and workforce quality
For More Information
Email Us | [email protected]
Visit our website | cew.georgetown.edu
Follow Us on Twitter | @CntrEdWrkfrce
Find us on Facebook | Search: CEWGU
Center on Education and the Workforce
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Matt BaileyCo-Director/Advisor/User Experience Design
Research DirectorsCode for America DC Brigade
DC Office of Open GovernmentUS Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Open Data + Civic Hacking = Smarter Government
MATT BAILEY
@MATTBAILEY0, @CODEFORDC
Code for DC
➔We are volunteer civic hackers working on local issues and building civic engagement.
➔Founded in 2012, we now have over 1,200 members and about 20 active projects at any given time.
➔Learn more:http://codefordc.orghttp://meetup.com/code-for-dc
Open data
(brace for nerdy impact)
Open Data is data that..
“anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness).” 1
1 http://opendefinition.org/
1. Open license2. Free of charge3. Open format
Open data is old news
The National Weather Service has been shipping open data since 1870.
Data itself isn’t insightful.
You probably use this every day.
The DIKW Hierarchy
"DIKW Pyramid" by Longlivetheux - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons -https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DIKW_Pyramid.svg#mediaviewer/File:DIKW_Pyramid.svg
← MERELY FACTS
← DESCRIPTIVE
← BELIEF STRUCTURING
← INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS
Hewing wisdom out of data is way hard.
(even for government)
Humans are wiser when
we collaborate.
Time to call in the
civic hackers.
Hacking is good, heartwarming and nifty.
We’re talking about thisQuick, innovative solutions to longstanding
problems
..not this
Stealing folks’ identities for kicks and tricking
their teenage children into installing weird
viruses.
Okay. So then what’s civic hacking?
“Collaborating with others to create, build, and invent open source solutions using publicly-released data, code, and technology to solve challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, our cities, our states, and our country.”1
1 http://hackforchange.org/page/about 2 http://www.codeforamerica.org/blog/2013/06/07/defining-civic-hacking/
“Civic hacking is people working together quickly and creatively to make their cities better for everyone.”2
Where are the civic hackers? We’re around.
Civic hackers are here to help.
Government
Organizers #socent Journalists
DesignersCoders UXers
Data Scientists
Social workers ..n
..civic hackers are a rich melange of motivated awesomeness.
Government is hungry for feedback, ideas and help.
Civic Hacking == Co-learning
Civic hacking is a force extender for government
➔Free labor➔Fresh insights➔Data quality
improvements➔Transparency
and accountability
➔Visibility
Driving civic engagement with DC's Advisory Neighborhood Commission system.
http://ancfinder.org/
ANC Finder
Ranking candidates based on the completeness of the data that they file with the DC Office cf Campaign Finance
http://codefordc.github.io/dc-campaign-finance-watch/
DC Campaign
Finance Watch
District Housing lets caseworkers help clients apply for Section 8 housing by automatically filling out multiple PDF applications using one online form.
http://codefordc.github.io/districthousing/
District Housing
Election map for DC's 2014 general election created in participation with DC’s NPR affiliate.
http://electionmap.wamu.org/
WAMU Open
Elections Map
Les conclusions finales
Open Data is enabling new modes of public engagement
for government.
1. Open your data.
2. Hackers have super powers.
3. Building engagement is good government.
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