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Findings from the Accelerating Opportunity Evaluation: Building the Evidence on Integrated Career Pathways. Research Summary
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Eyster, Lauren; Barnow, Burt; Anderson, Theresa; Conway, Maureen; Lerman, Robert I.; Jain, Ranita; Kuehn, Daniel; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2018
This brief summarizes findings from implementation, impact, and cost-benefit evaluations of Accelerating Opportunity (AO). AO is a career pathways initiative launched in 2011 that aims to help adults with low basic skills earn valued occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers. AO was one of the first efforts…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Career Pathways, Basic Skills, Credentials
The First Year of Accelerating Opportunity: Implementation Findings from the States and Colleges
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Anderson, Theresa; Eyster, Lauren; Lerman, Robert I.; Clymer, Carol; Conway, Maureen; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2014
Launched in 2011, the Accelerating Opportunity (AO) initiative aims to increase the ability of students with low basic skills to earn valued occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers. AO encourages states to change the delivery of adult education for students interested in learning career skills by enrolling…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Adult Basic Education, Credentials
Implementation of Accelerating Opportunity: Lessons for the Field. Research Report
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Anderson, Theresa; Eyster, Lauren; Lerman, Robert I.; Conway, Maureen; Jain, Ranita; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2016
Accelerating Opportunity (AO) combined integrated career pathways at two-year colleges with team teaching, acceleration strategies, supportive services, and policy changes. It aimed to help low-skilled adults earn occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers. This final implementation report documents activities…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Career Pathways, Basic Skills, Credentials
The Second Year of Accelerating Opportunity: Implementation Findings from the States and Colleges
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Anderson, Theresa; Eyster, Lauren; Lerman, Robert I.; O'Brien, Carolyn; Conway, Maureen; Jain, Ranita; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2015
The second annual implementation report for the Accelerating Opportunity (AO) initiative in four states finds that: (1) colleges aligned pathways and supports with local needs; (2) students were satisfied with AO; (3) AO instructors grew more adept at team teaching; (4) colleges struggled to recruit adult education students; (5) states and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Vocational Education, Community Colleges
Serving Students with Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Kentucky Vocational Educators.
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Adams, Susan B. – 1981
This manual is intended to guide Kentucky vocational educators in designing and implementing a program of occupational and English language instruction that will efficiently and sensitively meet the special needs of students with limited English proficiency (LEP). The step-by-step guide aims to identify teachers' existing capabilities that may be…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Career Guidance, Competence
Adult Basic Education. The Kentucky Experience.
Moore, Lawrence H.; Jackson, Sharon – 1984
This manual is intended for use in training new and first-year adult basic education (ABE) teachers in Kentucky. Discussed in the introductory chapter are the roots of ABE in Kentucky, the basic goals and objectives of ABE, and the ways in which programs are established and operated locally. Next, the characteristics of adult students are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students