1. (a)

   1. (1) Only the following state, National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS), and Division of Adult Education and Literacy of the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education of the United States Department of Education-approved standardized tests will be utilized for pretest, post-test, and continued student assessment for adult education students:

      1. (A) Test of Adult Basic Education;
      2. (B) Basic English Skills Test*; and
      3. (C) Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (Life Skills Assessment for ESL only).
   2. (2) Other NRS/Division of Adult Education and Literacy of the United States Department of Education-approved standardized testing instruments, forms, and versions may be used with the written approval of the Director of the Adult Education Section of the Division of Workforce Services.
   3. (3) Different forms of the same test must be used for the pretest and the post-test.
   4. (4) Local programs will pretest and place all students into an educational functioning level (EFL) at intake or shortly after intake, within the first twelve (12) hours of instruction.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Post-testing of adult learners is to measure performance and completion of an educational functioning level.
   2. (2) Within the fiscal year, students should be post-tested after completing the minimum hours of instruction, as outlined by the Arkansas Assessment Policy and Distance Education Guidelines, located on the Adult Education Section of the Division of Workforce Services website.
   3. (3) Students should be assessed within one hundred eighty (180) calendar days (defined as weekdays, weekends, and holidays) after the previous assessment to reflect a more current measurement of performance.
3. (c) A complete description of the adult education assessment procedures can be found in the Arkansas National Reporting System Guidelines.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "INFORMATION/RATIONALE: The levels of performance will be expressed in an objective, quantifiable, and measurable form and will show the progress of the state toward continuously improving in performance. According to the National Reporting System for Adult Education Implementation Guidelines, states must require local programs to measure educational gain with standardized assessments that are appropriate for measuring educational gain within the NRS framework and conform to accepted psychometric standards for validity and reliability." "EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 1, 1991 REVISED DATE: SEPTEMBER 13, 1993 REVISED DATE: APRIL 18, 2003 REVISED DATE: DECEMBER 7, 2006 REVISED DATE: NOVEMBER 15, 2008 REVISED DATE: AUGUST 4, 2015"