Attachment A: Common Measures Applicable to H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants

Measures	Definition	Methodology	Data Set	Comment
Entered Employment	Percentage employed in the 1st quarter after program exit.	Numerator: Of those who are not employed at registration, the number of adults who have entered employment by the end of the 1st quarter after exit. Denominator: Of those who are not employed at registration, the number of adults who exit during the quarter	Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage Records
Retention	Percentage of those employed in the 1st quarter after program exit that were still employed in the 2nd and 3rd quarters after program exit.	Numerator: Of those who are employed in the 1st quarter after the exit the number of adults who are employed in the 2nd and 3rd quarters after exit. Denominator: Those who are employed in the 1st quarter after exit	UI Wage Records	All agencies will move toward using UI Wage Records. However, agencies currently using survey data will measure retention at the 1st and 3rd quarters only until they adopt UI wage records as their data set.
Earnings Increase	Percentage change in earnings: (i) pre-registration to post-program; and (ii) 1st quarter after exit to 3rd quarter after exit.	Numerator 1: Participants' earnings 1st after program exit minus participant's earnings 2 quarters prior to registration. Numerator 2: Participants' earnings 3rd quarter after program exit minus participant's earnings 1st quarter after program exit. Denominator 1: Participants' earnings 2 quarters prior to registration. Denominator 2: Participants' earnings 1st quarter after program exit.	UI Wage Records	All agencies will move toward using UI Wage Records. However, agencies currently using survey data will measure earnings change at one point only (either pre enrollment to 1st quarter after placement or 1st to 3rd quarter) until they adopt UI wage records as their data.
Efficiency	Annual cost per participant.	Numerator: Appropriation level. Denominator: Number of participants.	Administrative records	Federal resources: both mandatory and discretionary. Budget authority will be used for discretionary programs. Outlays will be used for mandatory programs.

General Notes: Where UI Wage Records are cited as the data set, UI records are either the sole source of data or the source against which administrative records must be verified. All programs will need to use a unique client identifier that can calculate the unduplicated count of program participation.