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Direct linkBelzer, Alisa – Educational Policy, 2007
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) was the first legislation since 1991 to significantly revise federal funding for adult basic education (ABE). Federal ABE funds are distributed to state agencies that are in turn responsible for awarding the funds to local programs. In this role, the state agencies are in a pivotal in-between position in…
Descriptors: State Agencies, Adult Basic Education, Accountability, State Programs
Download full textAlamprese, Judith A.; Stickney, Eric M. – 1999
Project Educational Quality in Adult Literacy (EQuAL) was initiated to improve the quality of adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) services provided to adult learners in Pennsylvania. Project EQuAL's objectives were as follows: (1) set performance standards to facilitate delivery of quality ABLE programs to adult learners; (2) institute a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Coordination
