The primary indicators of performance for which adult education programs must collect data include measurable skill gains (MSG), or “a measure of a participant’s interim progress towards a credential or employment.” Although many factors affect an adult education program’s MSG outcome, a critical one is a program’s pretesting and posttesting rate. This NRSTips summarizes strategies that two states—Maine and Rhode Island—have used to successfully increase their posttesting rates.
NRS Tips: Increasing Posttesting to Improve Measurable Skill Gains
NRS Tips: Increasing Posttesting to Improve Measurable Skill Gains
2019
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Reporting Measurable Skill Gains (MSG) Types 3, 4, and 5