Stevens questions evaluation of adult programming including GED and ESL
Stevens asks how DYCD evaluates adult programming like GED prep, ESL, and parenting workshops. Asherall says providers report GED graduations but DYCD lacks comprehensive data. Stevens emphasizes that tracking GED completions could drive funding and policy decisions.
How does DYCD evaluate the effectiveness of your adult programming, including GED preparation, ESL classes, parenting workshops, and workforce development activities?
The programs that offer GED services have communicated to us that their adults have graduated or received their GED.
I've even had the pleasure of visiting some of our programs.
How many have you graduated already?
Oh, I would need to.
You could get back to us.
Yeah, I would need to definitely do an assessment across all of our providers.
Yeah, because then you've just, that's also part of the economic mobility, right?
You've just given somebody their GED.
They can now apply for college.
They can go to a trade school.
They can move on to the next career.
Those are wins you can celebrate as well, right?
But if you don't have no data, that doesn't drive your policy.
That's okay.
It doesn't help drive your policy and even your funding because you may need more funding because you may need more GED seats.
You may need more ESL seats.
And parenting workshops.
Can you talk to me a little bit about that?