Assessment

National Reporting System for Adult Education
The web site for information, resources and training relating to the National Reporting System (NRS).

American Institutes for Research
Founded in 1946, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a not-for-profit corporation providing the adult education community with tools necessary to determine and incorporate effective practices, and affording adult education stakeholders information on policy, research findings, and initiatives in the field.

Assessing Adult Learners Through Project-Based Learning Instruction
Kyle Family Learning & Career Center
This article describes some processes of project-based learning and assessment and how this is incorporated into students' instruction.

A Basic Guide to Program Evaluation
C. McNamara
Developed by a nonprofit management consultant and hosted by the Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits in St. Paul, Minnesota, this article explores some myths about program evaluation, provides an overview of data collection methods and gives broad guidelines for analyzing and reporting data.

Forms of Alternative Assessment from The pH Factor
This self-directed, Web-based tutorial for adult literacy teachers provides information on the official GED test. Although designed for Florida teachers, the information is universal and covers everything from effective teaching to the makeup of the test itself.

RubiStar
RubiStar is a free, web-based tool that allows teachers to develop customized rubrics for use in evaluating student performance.

The Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning
The findings of the longitudinal study represents adults who when the study started were age 18-44, residents of the Portland (Oregon) metropolitan area, proficient but not necessarily native speakers of English, who did not have a high school diploma or GED and were not in high school.

The Adult Reading Components Study
On this website, 569 Adult Basic Education (ABE) learners from the ARCS are grouped into 11 profiles. Each profile group shows a distinctive pattern and/or level of reading component skills. You will learn more about profiles as you navigate the site via the two tracks described.