NRS Basics
WIOA
Table Changes
Key Terms
NRS Training
100
The state accountability system for the federally funded adult education program.
What is the National Reporting System for Adult Education (aka, NRS)?
100
This is what WIOA stands for.
What is Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act?
100
The number of NRS tables with no changes.
What is 2 (Table 1 and 7)?
100
A measurable skill gain is defined by these three outcomes.
What is complete an EFL, obtain a secondary credential, and enter postsecondary education and training?
100
The regional training will take place during this month.
What is March?
200
This new law establishes common accountability requirements for adult education and partner agencies.
What is WIOA?
200
These changed in 2015 order to conform to WIOA requirements.
What are NRS requirements and reporting tables?
200
These tables may be eliminated.
What are Tables 8, 9, 11, & 12?
200
This is defined as "participants who obtain a state recognized secondary credential through testing, adult high school or the External Diploma Program (EDP)."
What is the NRS measure, Obtain Secondary Credential?
200
These are the three areas of focus that will be covered during the training to support states in planning for WIOA changes.
What are data systems changes, staff development and communication?
300
States collect and report this information on adult education participants annually.
What is NRS data (descriptive, participation and outcome measures)?
300
NRS changes will become effective during this time period.
What is the program year beginning July 1, 2016?
300
This is the new follow-up measure.
What is median earnings?
300
One of the 2 participant "participation" measures is defined as "the hours of instruction or instructional activity the learner receives from the program."
What is contact hours?
300
These are two of the objectives of the training.
What are any of the following? 1. identify new NRS data collection and reporting needs and state specific data systems changes 2. incorporate specific leadership techniques to help state and local staff make required changes 3. develop a communication plan for local program staff and other stakeholders 4. develop a plan for training local program staff on new data collection and reporting procedures 5. develop a plan for updating and using the revised state MIS
400
These are the NRS-approved methods for collecting follow-up measures.
What is local program survey and data matching?
400
WIOA is the first legislative reform of the public workforce system in this many years.
What is 15 years?
400
The number of students who completed a level and advancing a level is now represented together in this table.
What is Table 4 (and 4B, 4C)?
400
The follow-up measure of employment is defined as the percentage of participants employed during these time periods after exit.
What is the second quarter and fourth quarter after program exit?
400
This topic (or content) will be covered in the pre-training activity (Moodle course) but not in the face-to-face regional training.
What is how one’s state team will participate in training and resources needed to participate? (Also acceptable: What is identifying a leadership style.)
500
This is the month/year NRS received a legislative mandate.
What is August 1998?
500
These are 3 of the 4 programs under WIOA.
What is: 1. WIOA Title I (Adult,Dislocated Worker and Youth formula programs) administered by Department of Labor (DOL) 2. Adult Education and Literacy Act programs administered by the Department of Education (DoED) 3. Wagner-Peyser Act employment services administered by DOL 4. Rehabilitation Act Title I programs administered by DoED?
500
These two new tables, for reporting of integrated English literacy/civics education and correctional education programs, are identical to Table 5 with a row added for measurable skills gain.
What are (new NRS) Tables 8 and 9?
500
The NRS requires that programs should assess participants in these skill areas.
What is "the areas in which instruction is provided"?
500
This section is described in the agenda as the time when participants will determine "what elements of their system need to be modified and will begin to plan for that change."
What is "Assessing Your State’s Data System and Identifying Necessary Changes"?