RD106 - Adult Education Annual Performance Report


Executive Summary:
The Office of Adult Education and Literacy (OAEL), located in the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), Division of Instruction, provides leadership and oversight to adult education programs and services in Virginia, including Adult Basic Education (ABE), Adult Secondary Education (ASE), and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Although the Code of Virginia places the responsibility for adult education with Virginia's 134 local school divisions, services are delivered through a partnership of public and community-based providers that includes local school boards; community colleges; not-for-profit and faith-based literacy groups; employers; state, local and regional correctional facilities; and state institutions.

OAEL manages federal and state funds allocated for these programs. This report describes progress made in reaching programmatic goals established for providers that utilize federal and state resources to augment other public or private funds to conduct adult education programs. Virginia's adult education programs have been successful in meeting the goal of continuous improvement as prescribed by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). Other state programs that are operated under the WIA include WIA, Title I and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act. While OAEL was eligible for incentive funds by successfully meeting its targets, incentive funds were not awarded because all of the Virginia WIA entities did not reach their targets.

The FYOS data indicate that progress is being made to meet the goals cooperatively established by the U. S. Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Education. This report presents quantitative information in the following areas: (1) characteristics of the adult education population, (2) program performance summary, (3) educational functioning level (EFL) performance, and (4) follow-up outcome measures. Also included is a section on state management of the performance data.