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Welcome to the new NRS project!

AIR is proud to have once again been awarded the contract to lead the NRS technical assistance project, Promoting Program Accountability in Adult Education. We look forward to delivering technical assistance to states as well as integrating some novel approaches to enhance the effectiveness of our training sessions. Please take a few minutes to review the goals and plans for the new NRS project. We have also highlighted work from the previous NRS project and posted our final project report and product showcase.

Goals and Plans of New NRS Project: Promoting Program Accountability in Adult Education

Overview

This project will continue the main activities of prior projects with the goal of helping states to collect and report higher-quality data and use data for program improvement by providing technical assistance and training on these topics.

Future Training

Some proposed themes for training in the next three years include the following:

  • Regional training for state staff and local program administrators on topics that include using data to improve adult education instruction, learning how to monitor and evaluate programs, and how to enhance state MIS.
  • Targeted training for specific staff such as new state directors to orient them to the NRS, peer mentoring of state staff in specific areas of needed technical assistance, improving assessment policies and procedures, improving leadership skills, and data-driven professional development.
  • Development of additional hands-on reporting tools and an ongoing research project for select states.
  • Expanded online training to include the development of a distance education course on the NRS, increased use of webinars, new online courses, and other online interfaces.

Additional Project Plans

The project will also include the following:

  • Assessment Reviews: The project will support the review process for OVAE approval of adult education assessments. The approved assessments will be included with updated information into our online assessment database.

Highlights from Previous NRS Project: Enhancing Performance Through Accountability

The previous NRS project, Enhancing Performance Through Accountability, provided technical assistance and training, data analysis and reports, and a re-design of the NRSWeb site. Specific materials and information are highlighted below. To read more about the accomplishments of the previous NRS project, follow this link to the project final report.

In-person Training

The three regional training activities provided states with an understanding of how to develop and use data reports for program improvement and provided hands-on data reporting tools states could adapt to meet their needs. Click on the links below to view more about each training:

Webinars

Webinars, or online seminars, were introduced to the NRS project and proved to be an inexpensive and easy way to reach out to adult education staff to enhance training sessions, increase awareness of new policies, and share practices between states. Click below to learn more about our webinars!

Other Highlights

  • Achieved the highest rating possible—“effective”—from the Performance Assessment
    Rating Tool (PART) process of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), indicating (1) positive effects on adult education students, (2) the development of data quality standards, and (3) improvements to the collection of NRS data.
  • NRSWeb site redesign: The redesigned NRSWeb site was launched in October 2006 with much improved usability to help adult education staff find what they need when they need it. Of course, there is always room for improvement. If you have any feedback on the NRSWeb site then please email us .
  • NRSTips: These are short summaries of NRS policy or procedures. Topics include NRS Goal Setting; Planning an NRS Data System; and the Revised Implementation Guidelines. Please email us if you have a suggestion for future NRS Tips.
  • NRS FastFacts: These consist of analyses using NRS data. So far we have covered ELL demographic changes, adult education participant age, and characteristics of least-literate participants.

Follow this link to read comments from state and local adult education staff who have received technical assistance and training over the past three years.

The National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) is administered by the Division of Adult Education and Literacy in the Office of Vocational and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education.
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