Virginia Performs @VaPerforms
Virginia Performs shows you how the state is doing in areas that affect the quality of life for you and your family. VaPerforms.virginia.gov Virginia, United States Joined August 2009-
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Many thanks for the shout-out at the ABFM Conference!
Poverty levels also correlate w/ lower creativity: Note how poverty map ~same as arts map at bit.ly/2cLVfdE
Creativity divide: Turns out that folks w/ college degrees participate in art-related activities a lot more than those w/ less education.
Who knew?! There's a North-South divide when it comes to creative Americans. wapo.st/2bQZqVc
The good news: Wages are RISING across jobs spectrum. Wall St. unhappy, but no one else is.cnnmon.ie/2aeAVy8
Productivity gains = economic growth; lots of theories why it's declining, but no one seems to know for sure. nyti.ms/1qYyGng
Worker productivity has been anemic at best since Great Recession, worse than any period since the early 80s.
Worker productivity in VA remains high (14th best in US), tho it's been slowly dropping from recent peak in 2010.
For 10+ years, VA has led US w/ highest percentage of people in science and engineering jobs.bit.ly/2c7zL8X
24 VA localities have unemployment rates below 7%, while 2 suffer unemployment above 9%. bit.ly/17mj7wv
Looking at just Virginia: Out of 133 localities, 107 counties & cities have unemployment rates below 5%. bit.ly/17mj7wv
That's a 4% unemployment rate, lower even than nat'l rate of 4.9%. (See nat'l chart here: bit.ly/L8BKrM)
In honor of Labor Day: Did you know VA has 4,268,101 people in its labor force? And 4,096,439 of them are EMPLOYED. bit.ly/2bW77UW
Virginia Performs adds its congrats to these talented programmers @ #datathonva. Good luck at COVITS next week!
Top items in back to school shopping? Clothing & electronics. (Bet you knew that already.) bit.ly/29Si7RJ
Back to School is great for the economy; spending has risen 55% in last 10 years. bit.ly/29Si7RJ
August is back to school time. After Xmas, biggest shopping season: $76 BILLION in 2016, says Nat'l Retail Found.
Va's avg 3rd Grade Reading SOL Advanced pass rate (35 of 40 items correct) was 21% in 2015. bit.ly/2b3wy9T
Avg pass rates on 3rd Grade Reading SOL in 2015 were 75.4%, a marked improvement from 69% avg pass rate in 2014. bit.ly/2b3wy9T
Changes made Reading SOL test scores drop as predicted, but in 2015 every region in Va. showed increasing mastery. bit.ly/2b3wy9T

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