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Download full textCarbone, Gilbert J. – 1987
A $100,000 appropriation for fiscal year 1986 directed the Washington State Board for Community College Education and the state's Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a pilot program for coordinating the efforts of volunteer literacy tutors. The 12 projects funded by the program recruited and trained 1,473 volunteer tutors and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Community Colleges
Duffy, Thomas M.; And Others – 1985
A program referred to as Language Skills Computer Assisted Instruction (LaSCAI) was chosen to assist volunteer tutors in improving the reading skills of adults. The program was demonstrated at two libraries--one rural and one urban--and an evaluation was completed to determine its applicability in enhancing the on-going tutoring programs at these…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Interviews
Vavricka, D. Karen – 1989
The final report of the Tom Green Country Library System (Texas) literacy project details progress toward achievement of 11 objectives. Objectives of the literacy outreach program were to: (1) increase Hispanic enrollment; (2) increase Black enrollment; (3) provide free child care for 4 students to attend 50 tutoring sessions; (4) provide…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Advertising, Blacks, Budgets
