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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
Hindman, Annemarie H.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Morrison, Frederick J. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2013
This descriptive study explored teachers' outreach to families in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade, and its relations to children's early growth in language, literacy, and mathematics. Teachers (n = 62) completed surveys reporting the frequency of outreach practices to families, and children's (n = 210) early academic skills…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Outreach Programs, Teacher Role, Teacher Leadership
Manship, Karen; Holod, Aleksandra; Quick, Heather; Ogut, Burhan; de los Reyes, Iliana Brodziak; Anthony, Jennifer; Chernoff, Jodi Jacobson; Hauser, Alison; Martin, Alejandra; Keuter, Shannon; Vontsolos, Emily; Rein, Elena; Anderson, Emily – American Institutes for Research, 2017
California's Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010 established transitional kindergarten (TK), the first year of a two-year kindergarten program for students affected by the change in the birthdate cutoff for entry into kindergarten from December 2 to September 1. This final report from the program's evaluation focuses on results from a five-year…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Transitional Programs
Cox, Teresa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Recent studies have shown that students who are former Adult Basic Education (ABE) or English as a Second Language (ESL) students rarely make the transition to college-level work, even when they have a college-level goal. New programs have been designed to help these students move further, faster in their studies to help them complete credentials,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Adult Basic Education, At Risk Students, Intervention
Chan, Wai Ling – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
This paper reports the results of a study concerning the expectations for the transition from kindergarten to primary school amongst teachers, parents and children in Hong Kong. It probes the expectations that teachers and parents have about children's competence in five specific areas of child development thought to be essential for a smooth such…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Parent Role
American Institutes for Research, 2016
California's Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010 established transitional kindergarten (TK), the first year of a two-year kindergarten program for students affected by the change in the birthdate cutoff for entry into kindergarten from December 2 to September 1. This fifth short report in a series highlighting findings from the Study of…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Transitional Programs