Governors plays a central role in ensuring that public educational institutions provide students with the knowledge and abilities required for a successful life and career. The systemic use of data from education and labor markets informs governors and other policymakers of the effectiveness and efficiency of their existing postsecondary systems and students and employers of labor market conditions. States also can use such data systems to hold educators and trainers accountable for meeting the goals for degrees and certificates granted and to provide state residents with a clearer understanding of how they are progressing through postsecondary programs and how best to enhance their career opportunities. To determine whether a state's postsecondary education and training programs are achieving state goals, governors can ask the following questions: (1) How is the state using data to improve educational system outcomes to benefit workers and employers? (2) How is the state using educational and workforce information to improve programs and hold institutions and other state entities accountable for their goals? (3) Where do state graduates find jobs? This report profiles three promising practices that states are employing to address those questions: (1) Florida's statewide collection and reporting system provides information about the outcomes of former students across most of the state's education and training institutions; (2) Kentucky's community and technical colleges link education and wage records to provide outcome information to students, program staff, and policymakers; and (3) A pilot program by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, a multistate collaboration among Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, connects education and wage data across states to track labor migration. The report includes an appendix: Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program Sample Report. [Additional support with writing and editing was provided by Scott Jenkins and Kelle Parsons.]