Adult Education Evaluation, Phase III Final Report
Summary of Evaluation Findings, Technical Assistance, and Recommendations
June 2023
This report summarizes the activities, work products, key findings, and recommendations from the evaluation and technical assistance work comprising the Phase III (FY23) collaboration between the UMass Donahue Institute (UMDI) and the Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS) division of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
This report includes findings from baseline analyses of student performance data and surveys of adult education students and personnel. It also summarizes UMDI’s technical assistance work around identifying gaps in ACLS system-level data, engaging with the Adult Education Advisory Council, and developing recommendations for a 5-year system-level monitoring and evaluation plan.
In the interest of creating an understandable and shareable document, we focused the body of the report on our insights and interpretations of the data. For those readers interested in seeing more of the data or in digging more deeply, please refer to the extensive appendices, which are referenced throughout the report.
