Workshop demonstrates measurement framework with wage-floor example

Presenters described a measurement framework that maps outputs and outcomes from a logic model to indicators, measures of change, data sources and collection frequency. The framework is intended to help states answer whether a policy was implemented and whether it produced the intended results.

Using a wage-floor example, the presenters explained the linkages: the activity is implementing a wage policy; the output is implementation of the policy; the indicator is whether wages for eligible workers were adjusted to the wage floor; and the measure of change is the number of workers reporting higher monthly income. “The rationale then in the logic model for this example is that setting a wage floor for a group of eligible direct care workers above the minimum wage, the state minimum wage, would raise wages to a more competitive level, and that will reduce attrition,” the moderator said. Presenters recommended employer attestation forms and periodic workforce surveys as potential data sources to measure change.