Accountability

Set goals and evaluate outcomes.    In employment strategies state policymakers can establish quantitative performance goals for the number of workers to be trained and employed, require state agencies to collaborate in tracking their own performance, hold agencies accountable for their performance, and can enhance support for those agencies that achieve positive outcomes.  The federal government requires states to collect and report adult education data using the National Reporting System.  States can go beyond these basic requirements. As part of it’s “Go Higher” campaign, Kentucky has set a goals for adult participation and achievements in adult education and issues a regular report card to identify whether these goals were met.