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Borradaile, Kelley; Martinez, Alina; Schochet, Peter – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2021
Adult education's mission is a critical one. It seeks to provide the large and diverse population of adults who lack basic skills, a high school credential, or English language skills with the competencies they need to be productive workers, family members, and citizens. Federally funded adult education serves learners in three types of programs:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation, Labor Force Development
Borradaile, Kelley; Martinez, Alina; Schochet, Peter; Walsh, Elias; Robles, Silvia – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2021
Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 directs the federal government to conduct a national assessment of adult education, including activities to understand the extent to which adult education strategies positively affect learners. A systematic review of the research on the effectiveness of particular strategies in adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation, Labor Force Development
Wachen, John; Jenkins, Davis; Van Noy, Michelle – Community College Review, 2011
The federal government and private foundations for education have established postsecondary credential completion as a national imperative. Washington State's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) model was developed to increase the rate at which basic skills students advance to and succeed in college-level occupational programs,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Technical Education, Basic Skills, Career Education
Young, Carol D. – 1994
This guide raises and discusses questions to guide workplace literacy. The historic context for this handbook is the progress of Project REACH from its inception in 1986 to the present. An introduction considers how an workplace literacy. An introduction considers how an organization's history affects program decisions. Chapter 1 looks at…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Evaluation Methods, Literacy Education
Wallace, Yolanda Gayles – 1990
A volunteer program coordinator developed and implemented an 8-month practicum study that provided opportunities for interaction between 20 elderly adult tutors--residents of 2 senior citizen facilities--and 37 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students at five elementary schools in low- and middle-class metropolitan black communities. The tutoring…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Blacks, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Swan, Edward; And Others – 1985
Research studies on class size date back to 1900. Common sense has suggested that small classes lead to greater academic achievement, but most research on the effects of class size on achievement have been inconclusive. Furthermore, the financial costs and political consequences of reducing class size have generally prohibited the adoption of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Class Size
Lee, Margaret B.; And Others – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1992
Describes Oakton Community College's Critical Literacy Project (CLP), which includes a faculty seminar on critical thinking and analytical reading/writing, all-college staff development programming, and a national conference. Considers faculty ownership, college support, an interdisciplinary focus, and intellectual rigor among the keys to CLP…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Faculty Development
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1991
This document provides a framework for local education agencies to monitor, support, and evaluate basic skills provision for adults. It sets out a general approach to evaluation based on three crucial factors in basic skills provision: inputs, process, and outcomes. It suggests some possible program indicators for basic skills, including average…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Basic Skills Agency, London (England). – 1998
This report describes the work of the schools in the Local Initiative Grants Programme (which funded, through the Basic Skills Agency, 103 secondary schools throughout England and Wales), and draws upon the most effective practice identified in aspects of basic skills provision. Emerging from the work of the Local Initiative Grants Programme are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Numeracy
Briggs, Linda; Prescott, Del – 1985
In spring 1984, a study was conducted at Sacramento City College (SCC) to explore whether students' reading and study skills improved after participation in an "adjunct" skills course (i.e., a team-taught course which presents reading, writing, and study skills education within the context of a regular college course). The study focused on 38…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Interdisciplinary Approach
Bardach, Eugene – 1993
The key to success in Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) programs is a philosophy of high expectations. The philosophy accommodates both client and societal concerns. Highlights of the philosophy include the following: respecting the client's goals; giving nonjudgmental acceptance, constant encouragement, and emotional support;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Cotton, Kathleen J.; And Others – 1988
This directory is a compendium of 108 outstanding Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1 compensatory education projects selected for recognition by the United States Department of Education in 1987. It is the fourth volume in the "Effective Compensatory Education Sourcebook" series. Volume 1 consists of a review of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs
Garner, Barbara – 1994
This manual describes an effective, cost- and time-efficient approach to basic education and vocational training for adults. The approach was developed during a pilot project in Massachusetts that featured the following: capitalizing on students' interests, hands-on vocational training, the expectation that students' motivation to learn a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Guidelines, Job Development
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1983
The Army's Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP) was studied to consider whether it was properly designed to determine the basic skills needed in Army jobs and to be effectively implemented. Information and reports on BSEP were reviewed, and three major commands were selected for evaluation. In designing the program, the Army did not identify the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Portland Public Schools, OR. – 1982
At the request of the Curriculum Department and the Chapter I program coordinators of the Portland Public Schools, three different instructional programs were evaluated during the 1981-82 school year. (1) The Help One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) program provided a person-to-person structured tutorial program in reading using volunteer tutors. (2)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Curriculum Evaluation