NRS has used face-to-face training to help states improve data quality, increase data use for program development, develop data systems, review the NRS Implementation Guidelines, and share information among states and staff about their programs. Recent training events are listed below and earlier materials may be on found on the Archive of Events pages.

2011 Summer Training - Smart Fiscal Management for Adult Education Programs

This training focused on organizing and explaining, in everday language, the basic financial requirements for managing the Federal adult education and literacy program.

2010 Summer Training - Diving Deep into the NRS Local Pool: Attendance, Transition Outcomes, and Educational Gain

This training focused on ways to analyze the core NRS outcome measure of educational gain, the four followup transition measures and student attendance and suggested areas to examine to plan program improvement efforts

2009 Summer Training - The Local Connection:  Building a Data Use Learning Community

This training focused on the characteristics and essential elements of data use learning communities at the state and local level.  Training materials include a companion guide to the training, learning community pre- and post- needs assessment surveys, the PowerPoint presentation with facilitator’s notes and corresponding handouts, and other resources.

Click here for more information on the follow-up webinar to this training: Lessons from the Field: Implementing data use learning communities (January 19, 2010)

Also be sure to check the Archive of Events for overviews and materials from previous trainings.