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Reports & Documents

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Reports and Publications

• The Virginia Report -- 2008 (PDF, 4.4 mb)
• Updated Agency Measure-Societal Indicator Alignment tables -- June 2008 (PDF, 493 k)
• The Virginia Report -- 2007 (PDF, 2.2 mb)
• COVF Executive Summary -- November 2007 (PDF, 5.75 mb)

 

Data and Research

• Virginia Demographic Profile 2009 (pdf, 876 k)
  
  
• Issue Insight 1:  The High Cost of Low Educational Attainment (pdf, 312 k)
• Issue Insight 2:  Why Students Drop Out (pdf, 255 k)
• Issue Insight 3: Survey of the Business Climate in Virginia (pdf, 184 k)

 

Council Meeting Documents

May 21, 2009:  The Council met on May 21, 2009, chiefly to discuss and find a working focus for educational attainment issues in the Commonwealth.  The Council also heard about executive branch efforts to overhaul customer service systems at DMV and to improve foster care outcomes.  Materials presented at the meeting are available below; all files are in PDF format.

• Meeting Summary / Minutes (PDF, 192 k)
• Meeting agenda (97 k)
• Council Activities:  Overview and Update (5.18 mb)
• Educational Attainment: 
  • Opportunities and Options (2.72 mb)
  • NCHEMS Student Flow Model (requires Flash 10)
• Moving the Meter
  • Productivity Improvement at DMV (932 k)
  • Outcome Enhancement in Foster Care (387 k)

November 24, 2008:  The Council met November 24, 2008, covering such diverse topics as infant mortality, agency productivity and the challenge of improving educational attainment in Virginia.  Materials presented at the meeting are available below; all files are in PDF format.

• Meeting Summary / Minutes (PDF, 256 k)
• Meeting agenda (100 k)
• 2008 Virginia Report:  Current Trends and Findings
  • Overview of Selected Trends (1.8 mb)
  • Infant Mortality (860 k)
  • Land Preservation (304 k)
• Educational Attainment in Virginia (1.3 mb)
• Virginia Performs
  • Evolution of the Model: Accomplishments & Future Developments (268 k)
  • Accelerating Productivity Improvement
    (3.7 mb, with attached wmv file)
• Background Materials:
  • 2008 Council Update (124 k)
  • Sample Agency Annual Report (124 k)
  • November 2008 Council newsletter (Web page)

January 10, 2008:  The Council met in the newly renovated Capitol to discuss its 2007 accomplishments and plans for 2008, which include an in-depth study of the core factors affecting both high school and post-secondary educational attainment.

• Meeting Summary / Minutes (PDF, 128 k)
• Meeting Agenda - pdf, 127 k
• Overview and Progress to Date (PDF,10.75 mb) -- Presented by Jane Kusiak (CoVF), Ric Brown (DPB) and Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra
• 2008 Work Plan and Special Emphasis: Educational Attainment (PDF, 5.25 mb) -- Discussion led by Governor Tim Kaine
  
  

Virginia Performs newsletter

The Council issues an electronic newsletter approximately 4 times a year.  You may subscribe here.

• September 2009
• April 2009
• November 2008
• July 2008

 

Council Archives

Explore the archive of Council reports, meeting materials and other documents from years prior to 2008.