VFA Year Four January 1 –December 31, 2017 · accountability Objectives for the VFA Make the VFA the principle accountability system for community colleges Continually increase

VFAYearFourJanuary 1 – December 31, 2017

What it looks like

FOR community colleges

VFA Overview

BYcommunity colleges

The Voluntary Framework of Accountability is the first national system of accountability 

SPECIFICALLY for community collegesby community colleges.

accountability

Objectives for the VFAMake the VFA the principle accountability system for community colleges

Continually increase utility (so we can meet all the goals listed here)

• Value‐added metrics for accountability (using data to measure performance and make better decisions)

• National benchmarking for good practices

• Opportunity to streamline reporting / relieve IR capacity

• Ability to tell a better, more robust story

• Better data to inform public policy  and advocacy

Utility

Cohorts

Reporting VFA

Measures

Six Year Cohort

Two Year Cohort

Main

Credential Seeking

First Time In College

Developmental Education Progress 

Measures

Two‐Year Progress Measures

Six‐Year Outcomes Measures

Career & Technical Education Measures

Adult Basic Education Measures

CTE Cohort

ABE Cohort

VFA Data Collection

Workflow: Managing Data Collection

Workflow: Data Configuration

VFA Raw Files Upload

VFA Manual Data Entry

VFA Cohorts Disaggregated

VFA Data Exportsfor all participants

VFA Excel Export: Tabular Data on Your College

VFA Export: Public Dashboard Report

VFA Data Dashboardsfor Tier 2 participants

VFA Outcomes Dashboard

VFA Benchmarking Dashboard: Benchmarking Selectors

VFA Benchmarking Dashboard: Six‐Year Outcomes

VFA Benchmarking Export

VFA Data Resources

VFA Metrics Manual

VFA Raw Data Dictionary

VFA Overview & Training Webinars

http://vfa.aacc.nche.edu/webinars/Pages/default.aspx

Y2 , Y3, Y4…

Notes

Sign‐ups open in February 

Data collection opens in March

Data due in August 

Contact VFA at [email protected]

principle accountability 

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