1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act . 2. Strengthen research in adult education (a) Education sciences reform act of 2002 The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 ( 20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 102 ( 20 U.S.C. 9501 )— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8), (9) through (13), (14) through (22), and (23), as paragraphs (3) through (9), (11) through (15), (17) through (25), and (27), respectively; (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Adult education; adult education and literacy activities The terms adult education and adult education and literacy activities have the meanings given the terms in section 203 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3272 ). ; (C) by inserting after paragraph (9), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following: (10) Digital literacy skills The term digital literacy skills has the meaning given the term in section 202 of the Museum and Library Services Act ( 20 U.S.C. 9101 ). ; (D) by inserting after paragraph (15), as redesignated by subparagraph (A) the following: (16) Information literacy skills The term information literacy skills means the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, understand, evaluate, analyze, discern the reliability and accuracy of, and effectively use information (which encompasses spoken and broadcast words and videos, printed materials, and digital content, data, and images). ; and (E) by inserting after paragraph (25), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following: (26) Student Unless otherwise provided, the term student means any elementary, secondary, postsecondary, or adult education student. ; (2) in section 111(b)(1) ( 20 U.S.C. 9511(b)(1) ), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , and adult education after postsecondary study