Consolidated Adult Education Performance Measures
for Even Start Grantees in Texas

Effective September 1, 2006

Adult education cooperatives are the largest collaborator of Even Start. At the state level, Even Start is housed in the adult education department. Therefore, adult education performance measures parallel the performance measures for adult education in Texas. The minimum targets are established annually by the federal office for each state. The January 2005 Title I monitoring visit and the June 2005 Peer Review of Indicators and Performance Measures yielded the suggestion that some adult education performance measures could be consolidated. Analysis showed that adult education performance measures for Even Start could be consolidated without adversely impacting data collection or performance expectations for adult education cooperatives. Specifically, the 12 Completion Performance Measures were consolidated into three and Transition indicators were moved to the state level. The revisions of adult education performance measures were approved by the Texas Committee of Practitioners on September 13, 2005 and become effective September 1, 2006.

Retention

1. Percent of adult students with at least 12 hours of instruction and baseline assessment.
   *Minimum = 75%.
2. Percent of adult students with baseline assessment and progress assessment.
   *Minimum = 65%.

Gains

1. TABE Reading: Percent of adult students who will demonstrate required gains in reading.
   *Minimum = 52%.
2. TABE Language: Percent of adult students who will demonstrate required gains in language.
   *Minimum = 52%.
3. TABE Mathematics: Percent of adult students who will demonstrate required gains in mathematics.
   *Minimum = 52%.
4. BEST Oral Interview: Percent of adult students who will demonstrate required gains in BEST oral interview.
   *Minimum = 67%.
5. BEST Literacy Skills: Percent of adult students who will demonstrate required gains in BEST literacy skills.
   *Minimum = 57%.

Completions

1. Percent of adult students who will complete a level of Adult Basic Education by the end of the grant year.
   *Minimum = 43%.
2. Percent of adult students who will complete a level of English As A Second Language by the end of the grant year.
   *Minimum = 51%.
3. Percent of adult students who will complete a level of Adult Secondary Education by the end of the grant year.
   *Minimum = 50%.

Transitions

Transitions data is collected by the state via electronic data matches. There is as much as a one year time delay in getting the data to local programs. The IPQ Revision Task Force proposes removing these items as indicators of local program quality. Instead, transitions data would continue to be tracked reported at the state level with the eventual goal of disaggregating data for each program.

* Performance Targets are negotiated annually with the U.S. Office of Vocational and Adult Education. Final targets for the 2006-07 program year are expected during the summer of 2006.