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An Assessment of the Federal Initiative in the Area of Adult Literacy. Staff Report of the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One-Hundredth Congress.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
A Congressional staff study was undertaken to analyze the Literacy Management Information Project Report (LMIPR), released by the U.S. Department of Education in May 1986, and to determine whether its findings were valid. The LMIPR found that there are 79 literacy-related programs administered by 14 federal agencies and that $347.6 million was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Federal Aid
Eliminating Illiteracy. Hearings on Examining Proposed Legislation To Coordinate and Strengthen Efforts at the Federal, State, and Local and Private and Non-Profit Sector Levels To Challenge and Elimate Illiteracy in the United States, before the Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session (May 4, 18, and July 10, 1989).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1989
This document reports oral and written testimony of witnesses at three Congressional hearings on eliminating illiteracy held in spring and summer, 1989. Witnesses included Senators Paul Simon, Howard Metzenbaum, Nancy Kassebaum, Strom Thurmond, Thad Cochran, and Orrin Hatch; Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos; literacy program managers and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Finance
Adult Basic and Literacy Education Program: Revised Indicators of Program Quality, Fiscal Year 2004.
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Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education. – 2003
This document lists the Ohio Department of Education's Adult Basic and Literacy Education revised indicators of program quality. A chart details the measures and performance standards for the following quality indicators: (1) students demonstrate progress toward attainment of literacy skills at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
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Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1998
This document provides an overview of the Workforce Investment Act, which provides the framework for a national work force preparation and employment system designed to meet simultaneously the needs of the nation's businesses and of job seekers wishing to further their careers. The document begins with a brief summary of the act's five titles,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees