The National Reporting System: Foundations

1. The National Reporting System: Foundations Technical College System of Georgia Office of Adult Education

2. Training Objectives • Introduce adult education funding sources • Outline the National Reporting System • Convey the importance of program outcomes • Detail how level completions are counted • Explain each of the core measures • Summarize the functions of GALIS • Emphasize data integrity checks

3. Federal Grant • Workforce Investment Act (WIA), 1998 • Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA)

4. Federal Grant • DAEL created the NRS • States Submit • Narrative report • Data tables • Statewide Data System • Georgia Adult Learners Information System (GALIS)

5. State Grant • State Plan • Gov. and USDOE approved

6. Implementation Guidelines • Guiding document • Overall expectations • Definitions and data tables • Demographic and status measures • Latest edition is available at www.NRSweb.org

7. Approaching NRS • Step by step • Ask questions • Read NRS materials • NRS trainings • NRSweb.org • OAE technical training

8. Data Collection • Local staff on the front lines • Correct, Complete, Timely • Intake Assessment Form • Attendance Records • Sign-in sheets • Assessment Records • Policy & Procedure Manual • http://literacy.myweb.uga.edu

9. Hitting our Targets • 5 Core Measures • Educational Gain • GED • Postsecondary • Enter Employment • Retain Employment • Negotiated Percentages

10. Assessment and EFLs • Pre-test students within the first 12 hours of instruction • Educational Functioning Levels • 6 English as a Second Language • 4 Adult Basic Education • 2 Adult Secondary Education

13. Instructional Periods • BEST Literacy – 60 hrs. • BEST Plus – 60 hrs. • GAIN – 60 hrs. • TABE – 30 or 40 hrs. • TABE CLAS-E – 60 hrs. • WorkKeys – sem. course

14. Educational Gain • Also called Level Completions • Post-test score may place student into a higher level • Data tables include students with 12 hrs. of instruction and a pre-test

15. ESL Level Completion Example 1

16. ESL Level Completion Example 2

17. ESL Level Completion Example 3

18. ABE Level Completion Example 1

19. ABE Level Completion Example 1 • TABE Reading • Pre-test • ABE 2 • TABE Reading • Post-test • ABE 4

20. ABE Level Completion Example 2

21. ABE Level Completion Example 2 • GAIN English • Pre-test • ABE 2 • GAIN Math • Pre-test • ABE 2 • GAIN English • Post-test • ABE 4 • GAIN Math • Post-test • ABE 3

23. GED Diploma • Cohort of NRS Students who exit during the program year AND • Take all parts of the GED Test

24. Postsecondary Education • Cohort of NRS Students who exit AND who • Have a HS Diploma/GED or higher at entry, • or • Pass the GED Test during the reporting period, • or • Enroll in a Transition Class

25. Entering Employment • Cohort of NRS Students who exit AND who are • Unemployed and looking for work at entry

26. Retaining Employment • Cohort of NRS Students who exit AND who are • Employed at entry • or • Unemployed and looking for work at entry and find a job during their exit quarter or one quarter after exit.

27. Secondary Measures • Optional • Must be set, entered, tracked, and reported by the local program • Examples include: • Register to vote • Achieve citizenship skills • Increase involvement in children’s literacy

28. GALIS • Produces the NRS Tables • Local data management system • Personnel responsibilities • Collecting, routing, and entering data • Enter all students and all data

29. Data Training • OAE sponsored training • New User • Online videos • Data Analysis • Local Training • Variety of topics, as needed

30. Data Review • Local programs • Quarterly review • Correct data errors fast • Office of Adult Education • Review of GALIS reports • Individual records • On-site monitoring

31. Technical Assistance • Email/Telephone • In Person • Program monitoring follow-up • Data Analysis

33. Thank You