Now that the Periods of Participation for NRS reporting are in place, agencies that report to the NRS should use the 'Move Forward' icon to the right of the assessment record when overriding the default assessment rather than using the 'Select Subject' box. There may be multiple 'move forward' options for a single assessment if a student has multiple PoPs, so the 'Select Subject' check box can't accommodate all available options.

Using Select Subject checkbox vs. Move Forward icon

• All ABE clients should only use the Move Forward icon on the assessment grid to change the subject area. Because PoPs are now important for NRS reporting, this represents a new way of entering and managing your assessment data.

  • To the right of the assessment record, click the Move Forward icon and choose 'Use as subject area for PoP1' (or PoP2, etc.)

  • The subject area for the PoP cannot be selected until the student meets the requirements to be in a Period of Participation, so he must have 12+ hours before the PoP Subject Area can be selected.

• Independent literacy clients who do not report to the NRS and do not report based on PoPs may continue to use the 'Select Subject' checkbox on the assessment record. However, independent literacy agencies may also use the Move Forward icon, if they wish. The checkbox was not removed from the assessment card to allow independent literacy agencies to continue using their existing data entry processes.

To see assessments that have the 'Select Subject' box checked in the assessment record or that have had an assessment selected for the PoP using the Move Forward icon, use the All view at the Assessments tab.  You can also go to the All Assessments area and add the fields 'Select Subject,' 'PoP1 Select Subject,' 'PoP2 Select Subject,' 'PoP3 Select Subject,' and 'PoP4 Select Subject' to the view.

To see the Max Days to Move Assessments Forward setting in your agency, go to:

1. Profile menu

2. Agency Settings

3. Agency Data tab/Detail panel

NOTE: Some agencies may not see this information, depending on the configuration of the client.