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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

How will NJEEDS be used?

To generate timely and accurate information about student outcomes that can be used to improve the state’s education and workforce systems and guide decision makers. To help policymakers, the public, educators, and workforce program mangers to produce accurate information that leads to better-informed decisions and to improve student learning and labor market outcomes.

What is NJEEDS?

Based at Rutgers University’s John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and managed by a cross-state agency partnership A centralized, secure longitudinal data system that links information

• n students and job holders from

three partner agencies: Higher Education, Education, and Labor and Workforce Development Overseen by a 12-member Data Advisory Council and a 15-member Data Stewards Work Group

What We Accomplished:

SLDS Federal Grant Ended June 30, 2017

Highlights of Successes

• NJ Best Practice Presenter at US Dept. of Education
• Developed and Launched the Website:

http://njed2earndata.org

• Piloted Three Agency Feedback Reports
• A First Look at Postsecondary Degrees Earned by New Jersey

Workers

• A First Look at New Jersey College Graduates’ Employment

and Earnings

• A First Look at Remedial Course-taking and Employment

among New Jersey Public High School Exiters of 2011

• Executed a Five Year Data Sharing Agreement

among the Three Partner Agencies and Rutgers

• Secured State Funding for FY18
• Formation of Data Stewards Work Group (DSWG) and

Data Advisory Council (DAC)

• Policy and research agenda developed and established
• Policies and Guidelines in consultation with the Deputy

Attorneys General

• Data Access and Use Policies
• Acceptable Use Guidelines
• NJEEDS Data Safeguard Technical, Security and

Confidentiality Infrastructure and Policies

• Successfully Matched Data Sets Across the

Agencies Using NJ Motor Vehicle Commission Data

• 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

• Connect NJEEDS to State Initiatives and Programs
• 65 by 25, Many Paths One Future
• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
• Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI)
• Credential Engine
• Strengthen Internal/External Communication Efforts
• Attract Additional Funding Sources
• Use NJEEDS to help inform public policy

investments

• State Transition
• Refresh Research Agenda
• Continue to enhance NJEEDS data handbooks
• Build Upon Piloted Agency Feedback Reports
• Identify Each State Agency Report Deliverables
• Develop comprehensive public facing reports and

data tools through the NJEEDS website

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