Participant Data

High-quality youth apprenticeship programs use data to continually monitor and support apprentices’ progress and success, and to assess the degree to which the program is delivering equitable outcomes for individual youth apprentices.

Indicators in this section will help program leaders understand and document:

• The demographics of students applying to and participating in the program
• Hiring patterns by employers in specific occupations and industries
• Apprentices' wage progression over time
• Progress in and completion of different components of the program for each apprentice
• Long-term employment and educational outcomes following the completion of the program for each apprentice

Robust apprentice-level data can help programs identify strengths and gaps in participation, retention, and completion rates—especially those underrepresented by gender, race and ethnicity, or disability status—in youth apprenticeship programs. Participant data should be disaggregated to uncover barriers that may be limiting the progress or success of particular sub-groups of students.

When collecting and sharing participant-level data, program leaders should ensure they and their partners take necessary steps to protect student privacy by complying with local, state, and federal data privacy requirements. PAYA encourages program leaders to initiate conversations about data privacy early, as different partners may be subject to different data privacy requirements that affect their ability to collect and share particular indicators at the apprentice level.

Download the Participant Data Collection Tool spreadsheet.