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The Adult Performance Level Program: A Serious and Deliberate Examination

Griffith, William S.; Cervero, Ronald M. – Adult Education, 1977

Examines the claims of the developers of the Adult Performance Level (APL) program to improve the teaching and testing of adults enrolled in federally supported adult basic education programs, identifies APL's theoretical problems, scrutinizes the technical aspects of its development, and evaluates the role of the U.S. Office of Education in these…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Objectives, Federal Programs, Performance Tests

What APL Is--And Is Not

James, Waynne B. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1977

Discusses successes and problems of the Adult Performance Level (APL) project funded by the U.S. Office of Education in 1971 to identify the skills necessary for an adult to function successfully in today's society. (TA)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Federal Programs