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2008 Performance Standards for Community Adult Learning Centers

1. Attendance

Definition:
Total number of rate-based attended student hours divided by the total number of planned student hours.

Standard:
Programs ensure that students attend between 66% and 76% of total planned student hours.

Benchmarks:

Includes:

1. Projects with fund codes 340, 345, and 359
2. Students with at least 1 hour of attendance
3. Attendance in funded slots in rate based classes

Excludes:

1. Non rate based classes
2. All Unfunded slots (slots overenrolled up to 20%)
3. Site specialty of "Homeless" and "Pathways to Family Success"
4. Class focus of "Homeless" and "P21"

2. Average Attended Hours

Definition:
Total number of attended hours divided by the total number of students. (Attended hours includes rates based, non-rates based, and volunteer match hours.)

Standard:
Programs ensure that students attend between 130 and 159 average attended hours.

Benchmarks:

Includes:

1. Projects with fund codes 340, 345, and 359
2. Students with at least 1 hour of attendance
3. All attended hours --- rate based class attendance (including unfunded slots), non rate based class attendance, and volunteer match hours

Excludes:

1. Site specialty of "Homeless" and "Pathways to Family Success"
2. Rate based class focus of "Homeless" and "P21"
3. Non rate based class focus of "SA: GED Content Area"

3. Pre and Post Test Percentage

Definition:
Total number of students who are pre and post tested divided by the total number of students enrolled in a program for the year (based on student's primary assessment).

Standard:
Programs ensure that between 66% and 76% of eligible students are pre- and post-tested.

Benchmarks:

Includes:

1. Projects with fund codes 340, 345, and 359
2. Students with at least 12 hours of attendance
3. Tests selected in the primary assessment area

Excludes:

1. Site specialty of "Homeless" and "Pathways to Family Success"
2. Class focus of "Homeless" and "P21"
3. Non rate based class focus of "SA: GED Content Area"
4. Students with an initial TABE score of 585 or higher
5. Students with an initial MAPT score of 600 or higher
6. Students enrolled at the site with an intake date after 4/1

4. Learner Gains

Definition:
Total percent of all students who demonstrate meaningful learner gain on MAPT, TABE Literacy, TABE Language, REEP, or BEST Plus assessments (based on student's primary assessment)

Learner gain for each assessment is defined as:

Standard:
Programs ensure that between 35% and 49% of students demonstrate gain as defined above.

Benchmarks:

Includes:

1. Projects with fund codes 340, 345, and 359
2. Students with at least 12 hours of attendance
3. Tests selected in the primary assessment area

Excludes:

1. Site specialty of "Homeless" and "Pathways to Family Success"
2. Class focus of "Homeless", "Pathways to Family Success", "P21" and Pre Literacy 1I,II, III
3. Non rate based class focus of "SA: GED Content Area"
4. Students with an initial TABE score of 585 or higher
5. Students with an initial MAPT score of 600 or higher
6. Students enrolled at the site with an intake date after 4/1

5. Setting and Meeting Student Goals

Definition:

• Total number of goals set divided by the number of students enrolled in the program
• Total number of goals met divided by the number of students enrolled in the program

Standard:

• Programs set, on average, at least 2 goals per student per year.
• Programs meet, on average, at least 1 goal per student per year.
• Programs are eligible for Column A, B, and C goal attainment points as noted below.

Benchmarks:

Note: maximum performance points in any combination of the above are 6.

Includes:

1. Projects with fund codes 340, 345, and 359
2. Students with at least 1 hour of attendance
3. Obtain GED goal includes date met up to 9/30

Excludes:

1. Site specialty of "Homeless" and "Pathways to Family Success"
2. Class focus of "Homeless" and "P21"

6. NRS Educational Functioning Level Completion

Definition:
The total number of students completing the eleven Educational Functioning Levels (EFL) divided by the total number of enrolled students.

Standard:
Program meets or exceeds the annual state target as negotiated with US DOE

Note:
ACLS negotiates performance targets annually with US DOE based on state performance data for the eleven educational functioning levels (excluding High ASE).

Benchmarks:

Includes:

1. Students with at least 12 hours of attendance

Excludes:

1. High ASE level (GLE 11 - 12.9) since passing GED counts as EFL completion