Cross-Systems Analytics and Assessment for Learning and Skills Attainment Program 

Cross-Systems Analytics and Assessment for Learning and Skills Attainment (CAAL-Skills) is an interagency and multi-departmental data-sharing and program evaluation initiative that uses detailed information from federal and state-funded workforce, education, and human services programs to measure participation and associated outcomes for program participants. Participating programs include:

    • State Certified Apprenticeship (SCA) Programs, overseen by the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DIR-DAS)
    • Career Technical Education (CTE) Programs, offered through the community college system and overseen by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO)
    • Incumbent Worker Training Programs, overseen and funded by the Employment Training Panel (ETP)
    • CalFresh Employment and Training (CalFresh E&T) Program, operated by the counties and overseen by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS)
    • California Workforce Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Welfare-to-Work (CalWORKs WTW) Program, operated by the counties and overseen by the CDSS
    • Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program, operated and overseen by the Employment Development Department (EDD)
    • Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I (Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth) Programs, operated by the local workforce boards and overseen by the EDD
    • WIOA Title II (Adult Basic Education) Program, operated by the local agencies and overseen by the California Department of Education in partnership with the CCCCO
    • WIOA Title III (Wagner-Peyser/Job Services) Program, operated by American Job Centers of California and overseen by the EDD
    • WIOA Title IV (Vocational Rehabilitation) Program, operated and overseen by the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR)

Reports

Assembly Bill Number 2148 amended Section 14013 of the Unemployment Insurance Code to require CWDB to develop an annual workforce metrics dashboard. The workforce metrics dashboard, which must include a standardized set of inputs and outputs; use statistically rigorous methodologies to estimate, assess, and isolate the impact of programs on participant outcomes; and measure the state’s human capital investments in workforce development using data collected by and accessible to various state agencies.

To satisfy these requirements, CWDB initiated the CAAL-Skills program and has produced the Workforce Metric Dashboard Report (WMDR). To fulfill the mandate of producing a statistically rigorous impact analysis, CWDB contracted with the California Policy Lab (CPL) to use the CAAL-Skills dataset to produce the Study of Workforce Training Programs in California report.

Study of Workforce Training Programs in California

The California Policy Lab (CPL) is a research institute based at the University of California and was contracted by CWDB to produce a statistically rigorous impact analysis with the CAAL-Skills dataset. In the report, CPL compares the outcomes of trainees from each partner program to those from an alternative group of individuals who did not receive training but are otherwise similar.

The most current version of the Study of Workforce Training Programs in California from CPL utilizes data from fiscal years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.

Policy Brief

Report: Study of Workforce Training Programs in California

Appendices: Study of Workforce Training Programs in California