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Direct linkConstant, Louay; Wenger, Jennie W.; Cottrell, Linda; Wrabel, Stephani L.; Chan, Wing Yi – RAND Corporation, 2020
The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is a residential, quasi-military program for youth ages 16 to 18 who are experiencing difficulty in traditional high school. This report covers the program years 2018-2019 and is the fourth in a series of annual reports that RAND Corporation researchers have issued over the course of a research project…
Descriptors: High School Students, Residential Programs, Military Training, Youth Programs
Reder, Stephen, Ed.; Bynner, John, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend our knowledge of what works in raising skill…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Educational Development, Academic Persistence, Numeracy
Download full textGunter, Jeannette; Dutton, Donnie – 1974
The study, an attempt to determine the overall effectiveness of the educational experiences provided at the Adult Basic Education regional workshops in Tennessee, used a questionnaire to gather demographic data and participant reaction to various facets of the workshops and an evaluation scale to obtain overall participant reaction to the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Evaluation Methods, Participant Characteristics
Jones, Paul L.; And Others – 1989
An intensive industry immersion program of reading and mathematics was conducted in Spring 1989 for employees at Valley Products, Inc., in a cooperative venture by the Literacy Foundation, Memphis, the Memphis City Schools Adult Education Program, and the company. Employee participants were assessed with the San Diego Quick Assessment Test to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Corporate Education, Educational Needs
Bingman, Mary Beth; Ebert, Olga; Bell, Brenda – 2002
Three teams of teachers and administrators from three adult basic education programs in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia participated in a 2-year action research project that focused on developing approaches that local programs can use to document the outcomes of student participation in adult education programs. Facilitators helped the teams…
Descriptors: Accountability, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Jones, Paul L.; Petry, John R. – 1980
A study was conducted to review the adult basic education (ABE) program in Tennessee in relation to program goals and objectives, classroom situations, student perceptions, and benefits of ABE. The evaluation team members spent 10 months collecting and compiling data relevant to program proposals, observations, special programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Westberry, Susan – 1990
The Basic Educational Skills Training (BEST) workplace literacy demonstration model was designed to provide adult basic education (ABE) services simultaneously for multiple employers in Maury County, Tennessee. The BEST model focused on job-related instruction. The goal of the program was to achieve increased safety, productivity, and employee…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Programs
Naval Technical Training Command, Millington, TN. Research Branch. – 1989
A pilot program of the industry immersion model of reading and mathematics instruction was conducted on site at the Airport Field Maintenance Facility, Memphis, in January-February 1989. After this intensive immersion program (80 hours of instruction in 4 weeks), the 12 participants showed significant gains averaging 2.2 grade levels in reading…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Needs, Employee Attitudes
Bingman, Mary Beth – 2002
Action research focused on developing approaches local programs can use to document outcomes of student participation in adult basic education (ABE) programs. Teams of teachers and administrators from three ABE programs examined current documentation practices, were introduced to approaches to documentaion, and developed documentation processes…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Data Collection
