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.

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

The 2009 Summer 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)

2008 Summer Training - Building and Sustaining Quality in NRS Data: Strategies for Program Improvement

This year's Summer Training dealt with using NRS data to improve program quality through a four step continuous improvement process for building and sustaining change.  Materials include a Guide, a PowerPoint presentation and related training activity handouts, an Excel Data Planning Tool, and other resources on goal setting, evaluation and program monitoring.

2007 Summer Training – Desk Monitoring: Improving Program Performance
The 2007 Summer Training on Desk Monitoring focused on developing a desk monitoring system, including a tool to supplement onsite monitoring visits and a rubric to evaluate program performance. Materials include a Guide, an Excel template to aid in developing a desk monitoring tool, a PowerPoint presentation and corresponding handouts used at the training, and other resources and materials of use to states in a step-by-step development of their desk monitoring process.

2007 March Training – Demonstrating Results: Developing State and Local Report Cards for Adult Education
The 2007 March Training was a repeat of the 2005 summer institute (see archives). Using updated materials, the training provided guidance to select state teams to develop their own state and local report cards for accountability. Materials include tools and templates to use in developing report cards.

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