New Edition of NRS Technical Assistance Guide - Now Available!
The National Reporting System (NRS) for adult education technical assistance (TA) guide has been updated to reflect changes made during OCTAE’s renewal of the information collection request which contains the annual reporting tables approved under OMB control number 1830-0027. The revised NRS TA guide is available online at https://nrsweb.org/policy-data/nrs-ta-guide. Please click on the first “NRS Technical Assistance (TA) Guide” link on the NRS web page to access the new edition.
The new edition of the TA guide incorporates revisions to:
- Reflect changes made to the NRS tables and their instructions in Appendix D of the guide.
- New categories available for reporting participant sex on tables 1, 2, and 2A.
- New rows for alternative educational functioning level placement of participants on tables 1, 4, 4A, and 4C.
- Consolidation of secondary school diploma rows on Tables 5, 5A, 8, 9, 10, 11.
- Revised column headings and new reporting rows on table 14.
- Revised narrative report instructions.
- Update the section in the guide that discusses the Effectiveness in Serving Employers performance indicator.
- Add a new section for the alternative educational functioning level placement option.
- Consolidate all NRS educational functioning level descriptors in Appendix B of the guide with a reference to the sunset period for the legacy descriptors.
- Update language referencing older timeframes, refresh links to online material, or remove language that no longer applies.
The guide will be updated again this year to reflect recent changes made to the Measurable Skill Gains indicator types in the joint performance accountability guidance for WIOA core programs (OCTAE Program Memorandum 17-2).
If you have any questions about the revisions in the current edition, please contact NRS@ed.gov.