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Hector-Mason, Anestine; Narlock, Jason; Muhisani, Helen; Bhatt, Monica P. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
Prior research has classified strategies to facilitate adult learners' transitions to postsecondary opportunities into five broad categories: advising, General Educational Development-plus (GED-plus), English as a second language, career pathways, and college preparatory (Zafft, Kallenbach, & Spohn, 2006). This two-part study relied on…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Adult Learning, Postsecondary Education, State Government
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Reynolds, Sharon L.; Johnson, Jerry D.; Salzman, James A. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2012
The extant literature offers little to describe the processes for screening students in adult basic education (ABE) programs for potential learning disabilities, referring adult students for diagnostic assessment, or barriers to obtaining diagnostic assessment for a learning disability. Without current documentation of a learning disability, ABE…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Program Effectiveness, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students
Way, Max W. – 1982
Evaluation and results of a statewide promotional campaign using billboards featuring Johnny Cash to promote public awareness of, and recruitment for, Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs in Ohio are presented with the highlights of the purchasing and distribution activities. Response to a questionnaire sent to all ABE directors in Ohio requesting…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cost Effectiveness, Illiteracy
Boggs, David L.; Travis, George Y. – 1982
In fiscal 1973, Ohio elected to concentrate training for staff in adult basic education (ABE) in eight cities. A review of records indicated that 143 ABE teachers in 5 of those cities attended 1 to 4 workshops that year. This study sought to answer three questions about these teachers: their long-term (7 years or more) retention in adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Faculty Development
Coston, Caroline; Dagard, Cesar – 1995
An external evaluation of the Champaign County (Ohio) Workplace Literacy Project used the Triphase Evaluation process based on Stuffelbeam's decision-making model (1971). During the input phase, emphasis was on determining needs of workers and employers in order to develop a training program to meet specific identified needs. The process phase was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills
Weisel, Laura P.; And Others – 1980
A study was conducted to identify the characteristics of high risk students in selected Ohio Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs, and to describe the characteristics of the programs in order to identify program characteristics related to the retention of participants. Nine programs, selected to represent programs of various sizes (small, medium,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 1994
The Ohio Legislative Office of Education Oversight examined the education programs in adult prisons operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC). Telephone interviews with staff associated with each prison facility, interviews with inmates, and structured observations of 12 prison classrooms provided first-hand…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Educational Needs, High School Equivalency Programs
Norland, Emmalou; Oberst, M. Claire – 1995
In 1994, an evaluation was made of the Adult Education for the Homeless (AEH) program in Ohio. Ohio currently has the third largest AEH project (of 32 states), with 40 sites spread over 12 locations. The evaluation was both formative and summative and was based on theoretical models of adult education (Teaching-Learning Exchange Theory and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Daily Living Skills
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Tice, Carolyn J. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2000
Presents findings from a two-year evaluation of a family literacy program in rural Appalachian Ohio. Demonstrates positive results for both impact/outcome and process objectives. Highlights an extensive network of interpersonal and interagency relationships that maximized resources and supported families as they changed. Suggests the importance of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Pottmeyer, Denise L., Comp. – 1999
This report provides an overview of projects funded under Section 353 of the Adult Education Act (1991) that support Ohio's efforts to develop individual growth and leadership in the field of adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) and program improvement. The programs profiled are grouped in the following categories: resource centers; ABLE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs
Hay, Peggy Lynn – 1996
This directory, which is based on data collected in 1993 and 1995 through surveys distributed to employers and educational providers throughout Ohio, is designed as a resource for employers wishing to review established basic skills training programs and locate other Ohio employers who have had first-hand experience with such programs. The guide…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Educational Benefits
Imel, Susan; Zengler, Cynthia J. – 1999
To understand more fully what factors lead to successful collaboration at the local level, case studies of five Common Good local linkage teams were conducted. Since 1990, 47 teams have been formed under the auspices of Common Good, a statewide project to facilitate development of local interagency linkage teams throughout Ohio. Local teams…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons
COHEN, EDMUND D.; EDWARDS, WILLIAM L. – 1967
THE AIDES FOR ADULT EDUCATION WORKSHOP (FEBRUARY 10-MAY 20, 1967) WAS HELD IN CLEVELAND, OHIO BY CLEVELAND COLLEGE AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO DEVELOP BETTER CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION AND A MORE INTENSIVE LEARNING SITUATION FOR DISADVANTAGED ADULT STUDENTS. TWENTY WELFARE RECIPIENTS, ALMOST ALL NEGRO WOMEN, WERE SELECTED FOR AIDE TRAINING ON THE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Analysis of Variance, Blacks, Classroom Environment
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1979
This report summarizes Ohio's Federally funded assisted educational programs for the 1977-78 academic year. Reviewed are the size and scope of the following: (1) basic programs for disadvantaged youth; (2) special programs for migrant children; (3) special programs for handicapped children in State-operated schools; and (4) special programs for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education, Delinquency
Alamprese, Judith A.; Tao, Fumiyo – 2001
The National Center for Family Literacy (FCFL) began the Family Independence Initiative (FII) to address the needs of welfare recipients and their families for literacy services. During the FII's development phase in 1997-1998, NCFL funded five family literacy program grantees to develop models of work-focused family literacy services. To satisfy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Career Awareness, Coordination
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