NJEEDS Data Advisory Council December 13, 2017
Greetings and Introductions The New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks, Secretary of Higher Education Marie Virella, Director of Finance and NJEEDS Project Director/Co-Chair The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Jeffrey Stoller, Assistant Commissioner/Co-Chair The New Jersey Department of Education Evan Linhardt, Chief Information Technology Officer/Co-Chair John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University Meghna Hari, Researcher Stephanie Holcomb, Research Associate
Agenda § What We Accomplished: Federal Grant Close Out § Current Work Underway § On the Horizon
What is NJEEDS? A centralized, secure longitudinal Based at Rutgers University’s data system that links information John J. Heldrich Center for Overseen by a 12-member Data on students and job holders from Workforce Development and Advisory Council and a 15-member three partner agencies: Higher Data Stewards Work Group managed by a cross-state Education, Education, and Labor agency partnership and Workforce Development How will NJEEDS be used? To help policymakers, the public, educators, and To generate timely and accurate information about workforce program mangers to produce accurate student outcomes that can be used to improve the information that leads to better-informed decisions state’s education and workforce systems and to improve student learning and and guide decision makers. labor market outcomes.
What We Accomplished: SLDS Federal Grant Ended June 30, 2017 Highlights of Successes • NJ Best Practice Presenter at US Dept. of Education • Formation of Data Stewards Work Group (DSWG) and Data Advisory Council (DAC) • Developed and Launched the Website: http://njed2earndata.org • Policy and research agenda developed and established • Piloted Three Agency Feedback Reports • Policies and Guidelines in consultation with the Deputy • A First Look at Postsecondary Degrees Earned by New Jersey Attorneys General Workers • Data Access and Use Policies • A First Look at New Jersey College Graduates’ Employment • Acceptable Use Guidelines and Earnings • A First Look at Remedial Course-taking and Employment • NJEEDS Data Safeguard Technical, Security and among New Jersey Public High School Exiters of 2011 Confidentiality Infrastructure and Policies • Executed a Five Year Data Sharing Agreement • Successfully Matched Data Sets Across the among the Three Partner Agencies and Rutgers Agencies Using NJ Motor Vehicle Commission Data • Secured State Funding for FY18 • Launched a National Data Forum Dec 2016
Current Work Underway: Updating Data Collections
Statewide Attainment Goal: 65% of NJ Adults Complete a Post-Secondary Degree or Credential by 2025 Statewide Attainment Goal Agency Partners The Governor’s Higher Education Council The State Employment and Training Commission The Department of Education The Department of Labor and Workforce Development The Office of the Secretary of Higher Education
Source: “A Stronger Nation” Lumina Foundation http://strongernation.luminafoundation.org/report/2017/#state/NJ
On The Horizon What We Hope To Accomplish for FY18 and FY19 • State Transition • Connect NJEEDS to State Initiatives and Programs • 65 by 25, Many Paths One Future • Refresh Research Agenda • Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) • Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI) • Continue to enhance NJEEDS data handbooks • Credential Engine • Build Upon Piloted Agency Feedback Reports • Strengthen Internal/External Communication Efforts • Identify Each State Agency Report Deliverables • Attract Additional Funding Sources • Develop comprehensive public facing reports and • Use NJEEDS to help inform public policy data tools through the NJEEDS website investments
Q&A and Next Steps
Contact Information General Inquiries: Marie Virella, Director of Finance and NJEEDS Project § Director/Co-Chair marie.virella@oshe.nj.gov
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