This report describes and evaluates the initial data collection system of the Department of Labor's Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and focuses on recently proposed revisions to reporting requirements. Focus is placed on the collection of data on the Title II program for disadvantaged youths and adults. After describing the system generally, the report outlines specific limitations of each collection method used, including the job training annual and quarterly status reports and the separate components of the longitudinal survey, including the Quick Turnaround Survey, Longitudinal Participant Survey, and the Longitudinal Comparison Survey (never implemented). Next, recent developments are discussed, and suggestions for additional revisions designed to eliminate the shortcomings of the present system are presented. The revised system should provide better data for use in setting performance standards and considerably more detailed information for program management and oversight. However, three particular problems will remain; (1) a lack of specificity of definitions; (2) inconsistency in the data items maintained among service delivery areas; and (3) lack of sufficient information to adequately measure the amount of training provided to program participants. (KH)