TCSG/GCCS Leadership
All About the Data
Assessment Policy
Retention
Innovative Instruction
100
Felicia Phelps
Who is the Grant Program Support Coordinator for this region?
100
An outcome-based reporting system for the State-administered, federally funded adult education program.
What is the NRS (National Reporting System)?
100
Developing rapport with adult learners; placing learners accurately into appropriate program and instructional levels; analyzing diagnostic information to identify and implement appropriate instructional strategies for the individual; establishing realistic goals and monitoring tests to gauge progress toward goals; creating and implementing Student Education Plans (SEP); and certifying level and program completions.
What are the main purposes and uses of an assessment?
100
Retention
What is the state of a student who (1) progresses within a level or 2) remains long enough to complete one or more levels of completion within an NRS reporting year.
100
Contextual Learning
What is learning that occurs only when adult learners process new information or knowledge in such a way that it makes sense to them in their frame of reference?
200
Bobby Creech
Who is the Director of Instructional Services?
200
1999
What is the year the NRS was implemented after becoming mandatory in 1998.
200
BEST Literacy, BEST Plus, GAIN, TABE 9&10, TABE CLAS-E
What are the NRS and Georgia state approved assessments that 100% of adult learners enrolled in an OAE funded program must be administered within the first 12 hours of instruction to determine their Educational Functioning Level?
200
Retention Rate
What is 100% minus the percent of adult learners who dropped out before completing an academic level. i.e. 80 adult learners are served, 20 drop out before LC: 20 divided by 80 = 25% drop out rate 100% -25% = 75% retention rate
200
Content Standards
What is the content learners should know and be able to do within each content area, which defines and organizes the critical skills of each educational level, and is the foundation for building a sustainable curriculum framework to ensure high levels of achievement for all adult learners?
300
Beverly Smith
Who is the Assistant Commissioner of Adult Education?
300
DAEL
What is the Division of Adult Education and Literacy, the developers of the NRS.
300
180 days
What is the period of calendar days (defined as weekdays, weekends, and holidays) which test scores are considered valid?
300
Multiple Barriers
What are conditions or a combination of barriers experienced by the learner that require assistance?
300
Instructional Methodologies
What are the methods employed in the classroom such as individual instruction, peer tutoring, small group instruction, and computer assisted instruction.
400
Matt Arthur
Who is the new Deputy Commissioner?
400
Educational gain, Enter Employment, Retain Employment, Receipt of secondary school diploma or GED, and Placement in postsecondary Education/training.
What are the NRS Core Outcome Measures?
400
60/40/30 hours of instruction.
What is the minimum number of instructional hours that a student must complete prior to being administered a post-test to determine educational gain/academic progress?
400
Outreach
What are activities designed to (1) inform educationally disadvantaged adult populations of the availability and benefits of the adult program (2) actively recruit these adults to participate in the adult education program; and (3) assist these adults to participate in the adult education program by providing reasonable and convenient access and support to services to remove barriers to their participation in the program.
400
Real Life Curriculum "life-skills"
What are instructional experiences that build the adult education program upon everyday life skills of the learner.
500
Gretchen Corbin
Who is the new Commissioner?
500
GALIS
What is the Georgia Adult Learners Information System, Georgia's data system for managing the entry, collection, and reporting of the data in support of the program.
500
Administer TABE OR GAIN.
What do I do when my ESL student completes Best Plus/Literacy?
500
Key Action Steps/Activities, Target Audience, Person(s) Responsible, Target Completion Date(s), and Status/Progress Update
What are the key components of the state mandated Recruitment and Retention Plans?
500
Differentiated Instruction
What occurs when teachers know their students so well, they can provide each one with experiences and tasks that will improve learning and give learners multiple options for taking in information.
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