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Workforce Training Results

The Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board is Washington’s workforce system performance accountability agent, working on behalf of the state’s citizens and employers. Among the Board’s Duties spelled out in RCW 28C.18.060 we have that the Board must:

(10) Every two years administer scientifically based outcome evaluations of the state training system, including, but not limited to, surveys of program participants, surveys of employers of program participants, and matches with employment security department payroll and wage files. Every five years administer scientifically based net-impact and cost-benefit evaluations of the state training system; …

In the Workforce Training Results we track the participant profile and the labor market outcomes for the state’s largest workforce development programs. The programs included account for the majority of the federal and state dollars spent on our state’s workforce development system.

Main Results by Program

Apprenticeship

Basic Education for Adults

Professional-Technical Education

Worker Retraining

Division of Vocational Rehab

Dept. of Services for the Blind

Private Career Schools

Secondary CTE

WorkFirst

WIOA Adult Program

WIOA Youth Program

WIOA Dislocated Workers

Data Explorer’s Dashboard

More Research & Evaluation

In our Workforce System Poster you can get an at-a-glance summary of Washington’s key workforce development programs and find how many individuals are served, by which administrative agency, and where the funding comes from.

In the Net Impact Study you can find more on whether workforce programs lead to higher employment rates and higher wages among participants than those who did not participate in a workforce program.