Advancing Adult Education Research: Post-WIOA

In October, 2018, the National Center for Education Research (NCER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) convened a group of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to hear from the field about how adult education programming is or is not changing since the authorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) in 2014 and how research and dissemination efforts can support adult education. The day's discussion centered on four topics: (1) basic skills and the traditional focus of adult education programming, (2) workforce preparation and the role of WIOA's integrated education and training (IET) programming, (3) the implications and potential of technology in adult education programming, and (4) building a research base and disseminating information.