1. Understanding the NRS Rosemary Matt NYS Director of Accountability

2. NRS? National Reporting System

3. From where did it come? 1998 Federal Legislation Workforce Investment Act Title II = Adult Education Implemented in 1999 NYS began in 2001 First NRS Report in 2003

4. Accountability All states must report on common reporting measures All states must use US DOE approved standardized (normed) assessments –GAIN has not yet been approved for NYS All states must report performance annually

5. New York State Decision All funding sources, in addition to WIA, both state and Federal will be reported under the same guidelines as the NRS EPE – Employment Preparation Education WEP – Welfare Education Program ALE – Adult Literacy Education

6. Educational Gain Students must meet THRESHOLD CRITERIA –Have a valid pre assessment –12 Contact Hours

7. Measuring Educational Gain Students are assessed in BOTH Reading and Math Their LOWER skill level determines their placement in NRS Educational Gain is measured and counted ONLY in the LOWER skill level

8. NRS Level National Reporting System (NRS) Levels Grade Level Equivalents 1 Beginning ABE Literacy 0 – 1.9 2 Beginning Basic Education 2 – 3.9 3 Low Intermediate Basic Education 4 – 5.9 4 High Intermediate Basic Education 6 – 8.9 5 Low Adult Secondary Education 9 – 10.9 6 High Adult Secondary Education 11 – 12.9

9. Program Evaluation Report Enrollment includes students meeting the NRS threshold criteria: 12 Hours of contact time + Key Demographics Valid Pre Test

10. NYS Policy under NRS All 5 key demographics must be complete –Name, birth date, ethnicity, gender, employment status Student has a VALID pre test Must match Instructional Code –TABE = BE, GE, or Ma –BEST Plus/BEST Literacy = ES (Spanish GED) Student is enrolled in a BE, GE, Ma or ES Instructional Activity in current fiscal year Student must have at minimum of 12 contact hours (this includes any INTAKE hours)

11. What is a valid pre-test? Must be within the scoring range on the NYS Validity Tables Must match the Instructional Offering Code –ESL Code = BEST + or BEST + and BEST Literacy –BE or GE Code = TABE Must have a valid date range. A pre test in FY13/14 must be dated between January 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014

15. Students with invalid test scores Note: When an asterisk (*) appears next to the TABE Level, this indicates that either the FORM or LEVEL was an incorrect choice

16. Students with invalid test scores Note: When the Scale Score, GE, and NRS Level is zeroed out (all zeros), the student’s score fell outside the valid range

17. Educational Gain Number Making Gain includes students who have a valid pre test and valid post test showing improvement of at least one Educational Functioning Level.

18. What’s a valid post test? Must be within the scoring range on the NYS Validity Table If using the TABE, must be the opposite form (Pre on a 9, then Post on a 10) Must always move levels contiguously (Pre on one level, then post on the same level or one higher, never backward) Must have a valid date range. A post test in FY13/14 must be dated between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014

19. Educational Gain Post Test Rate represents the number of students who have a valid post test score divided by the number of students enrolled at each Educational Functioning Level. The Post Test must meet all the requirements of a valid test but it does not necessarily need to show gain to be counted in the post test rate.

20. Educational Gain Average Contact Hours is a simple average of all cumulative contact hours in a fiscal year divided by the number of students enrolled at each Educational Functioning Level.

21. Primary Goals:  Improve Basic Literacy Skills  Improve English Literacy Skills  Obtain a Job  Retain Employment  Earn High School Equivalency Diploma  Enter Post Secondary Education or Training

22. Secondary Goals: Obtain Citizenship Skills Reduce Public Assistance Get involved in Community Activities Get involved in Children’s Education Get involved in Children’s Literacy Activities Vote or Register to Vote

23. Follow Up Outcomes For FY2013/2014 For Enter Employment this column will include those students having the goal of “Obtain Employment” and exited in Quarters 2, 3, and 4 of FY12/13 AND students exiting in Quarter 1 of FY13/14.

24. Quarter 2 FY13 Quarter 3 FY13 Quarter 4 FY13 Quarter 1 FY14 1 st Year Under New Rules FY13/14 Employment Outcomes

25. Follow Up Outcomes For FY2013/2014 For Retain Employment this column will include those students having the goal of “Obtain Employment” and exited in Quarter 4 of FY11/12 AND students exiting in Quarters 1,2, and 3 of FY12/13.

26. Quarter 4 FY12 Quarter 1 FY13 Quarter 2 FY13 Quarter 3 FY13 1 st Full Year Under New Rules FY13/14 Retain Employment Outcomes

27. Follow Up Outcomes For FY2013/2014 For Enter Postsecondary Ed/Training and Obtain GED/Sec. School Diploma, this column will include those students having the goal and exited in Quarter Quarters 1,2, 3 and 4 of FY13/14

28. Follow Up Outcomes Percentage Achieving Outcome: This column represents those students who have responded in a positive way to the required program Survey

29. Follow Up Outcomes NYS FY13/14 Averages: This is the Benchmark for Follow Up Outcomes in NYS. To arrive at this number, all students achieving the outcome from any of the 4 Goal areas are combined and divided by the sum of all students enrolled with goals who have exited.

30. Survey Response Rate Survey Response Rate: Includes students from: Enter Employment Retain Employment GED Goal Postsecondary Education Remember: Even a Negative Response is counted as a Response!

31. Automatic Goal Cohorts Employment Status: Employed –Goal = Retain Employment Unemployed –Goal = Obtain a Job Not in Labor Force –No Goal Set

32. High School Equivalency Goals Students who are enrolled in GED® preparation classes Students entering the program with BOTH math and reading scores of NRS Level 6 Students enrolled in the Assessment Phase of the NEDP program

33. Postsecondary Goals Students who take and pass the current GED®, scores are entered into ASISTS, the new goal will be automatically added Earned a secondary credential while enrolled Have a secondary credential at entry (US or foreign)

34. Contact Information: Rosemary.Matt@cayuga-cc.edu