Transcript VFA Overview

The Voluntary
Framework of
Accountability
for community colleges,
by community colleges
A VFA Overview
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How the VFA was developed
High-level review of the VFA’s measures/cohorts
VFA membership / web site
Leveraging the VFA
• Q&A
• Post slides online
• Questions? Feedback.
[email protected]
The Voluntary Framework of
Accountability is the
first national system of
accountability specifically
for community colleges
by community colleges.
Measures Overview
• Student Progress and Outcomes
• Developmental Progress Education Measures
• Two-Year Progress and Outcomes Measures
• Six-Year Outcomes Measures
• Career and Technical Education (CTE)
• Adult Basic Education (ABE)
Cohorts Overview
• VFA will report outcomes for two cohort years:
• Six-Year Cohort: students who entered the institution six years ago
• Two-Year Cohort: students who entered the institution two years ago
• Each of these cohort years are broken into three cohort types:
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Main VFA Cohort
Credential-Seeking Cohort
First Time In College Cohort
Cohorts are disaggregated
• ABE and CTE are separate cohorts
http://vfa.aacc.nche.edu
VFA Year One Schedule
• October 2013:
Y1 Sign-up Opens
• Nov. 1 2013 to Oct. 31, 2014:
Y1 VFA Membership
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Nov. 18, 2013:
Feb. 28, 2014:
Mar. 14, 2014
Mar.15 to June 2, 2014:
July 1, 2014:
Data entry opens
Primary sign-up period closes
Deadline for data submission
Data review, use, publishing
Data entry system closes
Community college
leadership discuss
the importance of
the VFA and how it
can be leveraged by our
colleges.
Additional Resources
http://vfa.aacc.nche.edu
» Outreach Tools
» VFA logos, letterhead, and press release template
» VFA Video
» VFA Snapshot : brief overview of the initiative and list of measures
» VFA FAQs
» VFA: How Colleges are Using the VFA
» VFA Brochure
» Data Resources
» VFA Metrics Manual
» VFA Bulk Upload Data File
» VFA User Community
Why VFA?; Why Join?
» VFA Membership
» Strength in numbers and ability to advocate for better practice, policy, and data
The more colleges that join, the greater our voice will be.
» VFA Measures
» Reflective of mission: better; more appropriate; more useful
» Used for responding to internal and external stakeholders
» Potential to streamline reporting requirements
» VFA Data Tool
» Defined methodology and process for IR professionals to follow
» User-friendly, web-based data tool to collect, store, and visualize data
» Auto-generating data dashboards to view and share outcomes
» Ability to upload or enter data; and package or print data dashboards
» Benchmarking tool / dashboard to compare your college outcomes to similar colleges
» IR User Community to provide support services and build IR capacity
» Build ways to report, visualize, USE data
Questions and Answers
• FAQs
• [email protected]