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Smith, Douglas H. – 1980
The purpose of this project was to develop a comprehensive system for recording enrollment and accomplishment information about Adult Basic Education (ABE) students for use in preparing state and federal reports. Project goals were: (1) to develop a systematic program of individualized instruments and procedures for functional data gathering on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Data Collection, Data Processing, Enrollment
Download full textBury, Susan S.
Upper Iowa University implemented a staff development project to increase teacher competency in the education of adult students with learning disabilities. Participants were teachers of adult education classes throughout the State. The need for a staff development project for teachers with students at Level I (the concrete, beginning level) was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Students
Mezirow, Jack; And Others – 1975
Volume 1 presents the findings of an evaluation of Iowa's "merged area" organizational system for adult basic education (ABE), a system which operates from 15 regional community colleges or vocational-technical schools serving as area schools. The perspective discrepancy assessment methodology of the evaluation team was the outgrowth of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Coordination, Coordinators
Kutner, Mark; And Others – 1996
Statewide learner competency and assessment systems in 11 states were examined. Information was gathered through telephone interviews and a review of materials on the learner competency and assessment systems being used/developed in each state. Special attention was paid to the states' activities regarding development of the following: systematic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation. – 1997
In view of federal legislation being proposed for the reauthorization of the Adult Education Act that promotes increased program accountability and benchmarking of learner outcomes, this publication has been prepared as part of an effort to document student achievement in Iowa. Based on studies that have taken place over the past 17 years, this…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1996
This document presents and examines Iowa's adult basic education (ABE) program benchmarks, which have been designed as criteria for evaluating the following aspects of the performance of ABE programs in Iowa's community colleges: educational gains; program planning; curriculum/instruction; staff development; support services; and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Benchmarking, Community Colleges
