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Adult Performance Level: An Issue to be Examined in Adult Basic Education.

Koon, Mary Ann Buswell – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1981

Reviews literature on U.S. Office of Education-sponsored Adult Performance Level project that cites among its accomplishments (1) a model for competency-based education, (2) creation of national awareness of illiteracy, and (3) individualized programs. Among its insufficiencies are absence of reliable measures of validity, value-laden curriculum,…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education, Federal Programs

APL Revised: Its Uses and Adaptation in States.

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Fischer, Joan Keller; And Others – 1980

This report on the state level use and application of the 1971-1977 Adult Performance Level (APL) study contains two reports: "Competencies for Adult Basic Education and Diploma Programs: A Summary of Studies and Cross-Reference of Results." by Joan Keller Fischer and "The APL Study: Science, Dissemination, and the Nature of Adult…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Competence, Competency Based Education