; or (ii) prepare students for postsecondary education or employment; and (B) research to determine which indicators of performance and measurable skills gains are most effective, valid, reliable, and accessible for use across a broad range of adult education and literacy programs to assess the progress of adult learners and improve instruction in adult education and literacy programs. ; and (B) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting At least 1 center shall be assigned the topic of adult education. after paragraph (2). ; and (ii) in paragraph (2)— (I) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) Adult education. ; (II) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (K) as subparagraphs (E) through (M), respectively; and (III) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) Digital literacy skills. ; (D) Information literacy skills. ; (7) in section 153(a)(1) ( 20 U.S.C. 9543(a)(1) )— (A) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following: (D) secondary school graduation and completion rates, including the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and the extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )), school dropout rates, and adult literacy; ; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (O) as subparagraphs (G) through (P), respectively; (C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: (F) access to, and opportunity for, adult education and literacy activities; ; and (D) in subparagraph (L), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by inserting and in adult education after secondary schools ; (8) in section 154(b)(2)(A) ( 20 U.S.C. 9544(b)(2)(A) ), by striking vocational and adult education, and inserting career and technical education, adult education, ; and (9) in section 172(a)(2) ( 20 U.S.C. 9562(a)(2) )— (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking and after the semicolon; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F)