1. A public site should provide easy to use and compelling information on education to employment outcomes to help policymakers, students, families, and communities. 2. The site should frame this pipeline within Illinois' broader vision of supporting early childhood, K-12 education, and connecting education to jobs. 3. Key indicators on the site should be supported by labor market data to show the value of career pathways and allow for disaggregation by demographics, programs, occupations, and regions.

1. Key Recommendations for Future Consumer
Information Products on Pipeline Performance
Based on an analysis of existing education to workforce consumer information
products, the following key recommendations are being suggested:
1. Simple and compelling: a public site should details information about education
to employment outcomes in a way that is easy to use and interface with. It must
allow for use by policy makers, students, teachers, families, and communities
2. LDS vision: a public site should be developed that frames education to
employment as part of the broader LDS vision: a key strategy is to create a public
site that explains WDQI/LDS work in a way that is easy for end-users to
understand, with a focus on areas specific to Illinois’ work:
– Early Childhood
– School and District Reports (Illinois Report Card)
– Education to Employment (WDQI)
3. A focus on key indicators: these indicators should be supported by labor market
information that allows users to understand the value of pathways participation.
4. A capacity to disaggregate: given Illinois’ regional approach to Pathways
implementation, this tool should allow users to disaggregate by population,
programs, occupations, and regions.
5. Build on existing work in Illinois: this tool should be developed with the capacity
to connect with existing report card, education, job, and labor market
resources.