The Performance Reporting and Information System * is a data system which collects and disseminates performance measurement data for individuals receiving workforce services from the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

 government

State government

A state government is the government of a subnational entity in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonomy, or be subject to the direct control of the federal government...

. PRISM was established to collect, analyze, and report on: Workforce development services; Customers receiving these services; and Employment outcomes after receiving services.

PRISM measures Placement (how many individuals found jobs), Retention (number employed after one year), and Wage Gain (wage increase after one year). Performance reports are posted quarterly to the PRISM website. These reports, for use by workforce development professionals, interested governmental agencies, policymakers, and the public at large, show performance outcomes at the county and statewide level.

PRISM was established by the Oregon Legislative Assembly

Oregon Legislative Assembly

The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the state legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. The Legislative Assembly is bicameral, consisting of an upper and lower house: the Senate, whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms; and the House of Representatives, with 60 members elected to...

 by passage of the 2001 law S.B. 400 (ORS

Oregon Revised Statutes

The Oregon Revised Statutes is the codified body of statutory law governing the U.S. state of Oregon, as enacted by the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and occasionally by citizen initiative...

 657.734) which took effect in 2002. The system is governed by a steering committee comprising representative of the three cooperating agencies as mandated by the law, Oregon Employment Department

Oregon Employment Department

The Employment Department is the agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon which is responsible for administration of the state's unemployment insurance program, operation of a statewide employment service through a system of public employment offices, statistical research and reporting...

, Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development

Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development

The Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon which distributes state funds for community colleges and sets standards for those institutions, provides adult basic education and dislocated worker retraining, and...

 and Oregon Department of Human Services

Oregon Department of Human Services

The Oregon Department of Human Services is the primary health and human services agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. The ODHS was established in 1971 as the Oregon Department of Human Resources but renamed in 1999...

, but remains otherwise independent of the represented agencies.