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This digest reports on a descriptive study examining two questions related to adult English language learners' educational level gains in the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS), as measured by the standardized oral proficiency assessment BEST Plus: (1) What is the relationship between instructional hours and educational level gain on BEST Plus? and (2) What is the relationship between intensity of instruction and educational level gain on BEST Plus? To provide guidance to users on the number of instructional hours needed for students to show a level gain on BEST Plus, the Center for Applied Linguistics collected pretest and posttest data on more than 6,500 students from two states. The largest number of students pretested with BEST Plus tested into the NRS Beginning ESL Literacy level (49%). The fewest were placed in the NRS Advanced ESL level (7%).