SOS NERC Prep EXAMINATION SET 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
● High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED). Answer: A high school
diploma earned in South Carolina by passing the GED®.
● Intake. Answer: The process a program uses to register and prepare
students for instruction. It usually consists of registration, assessment
(pretesting), and orientation.
● Measurable Skill Gain (MSG). Answer: A measure of a participant's
interim progress towards a credential or employment. It can be
demonstrated in 5 different ways: increasing one's educational
functioning level, earning a secondary diploma or equivalent, passing a
knowledge-based occupational exam, progress toward milestones, and
secondary/postsecondary transcript.
● National Reporting System (NRS). Answer: An outcome-based
accountability reporting system for all state-administered, federally
funded adult education programs.
● Participant. Answer: An individual who has 12 or more contact hours
and a pretest.
, ● Period of Participation (POP). Answer: A period of participation
begins each time a participant enrolls in adult education—even when
multiple enrollments occur during the same program year.
● Reportable Individual. Answer: A student who has registered in a
program, but has achieved less than 12 contact hours.
● Adult Basic Education (ABE). Answer: Refers to instruction
appropriate for adults at NRS levels 1-4.
● Adult Secondary Education (ASE). Answer: Refers to instruction
appropriate for adults at NRS levels 5-6.
● English as a Second Language (ESL). Answer: Refers to instruction
appropriate for English language learners.
● LACES (Literacy, Adult, and Community Education System).
Answer: A cloud-based data system that SC Adult Education uses to
manage student information and create reports for NRS reporting.
● Career Readiness Certificate (CRC). Answer: A ready-to-work
credential based on scores earned on WIN Applied Math, Reading for
Information, and Locating Information assessments.
SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED A+
● High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED). Answer: A high school
diploma earned in South Carolina by passing the GED®.
● Intake. Answer: The process a program uses to register and prepare
students for instruction. It usually consists of registration, assessment
(pretesting), and orientation.
● Measurable Skill Gain (MSG). Answer: A measure of a participant's
interim progress towards a credential or employment. It can be
demonstrated in 5 different ways: increasing one's educational
functioning level, earning a secondary diploma or equivalent, passing a
knowledge-based occupational exam, progress toward milestones, and
secondary/postsecondary transcript.
● National Reporting System (NRS). Answer: An outcome-based
accountability reporting system for all state-administered, federally
funded adult education programs.
● Participant. Answer: An individual who has 12 or more contact hours
and a pretest.
, ● Period of Participation (POP). Answer: A period of participation
begins each time a participant enrolls in adult education—even when
multiple enrollments occur during the same program year.
● Reportable Individual. Answer: A student who has registered in a
program, but has achieved less than 12 contact hours.
● Adult Basic Education (ABE). Answer: Refers to instruction
appropriate for adults at NRS levels 1-4.
● Adult Secondary Education (ASE). Answer: Refers to instruction
appropriate for adults at NRS levels 5-6.
● English as a Second Language (ESL). Answer: Refers to instruction
appropriate for English language learners.
● LACES (Literacy, Adult, and Community Education System).
Answer: A cloud-based data system that SC Adult Education uses to
manage student information and create reports for NRS reporting.
● Career Readiness Certificate (CRC). Answer: A ready-to-work
credential based on scores earned on WIN Applied Math, Reading for
Information, and Locating Information assessments.
