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Download full textHsu, Yung-chen – GED Testing Service, 2008
Health literacy is important for all adults. Because lower health literacy is associated with lower educational attainment, many adult basic and literacy education programs increasingly provide health education to low-literate adults to improve their health literacy. Using data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), this study…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Dropouts, Literacy Education, Health Education
Peer reviewedWaggoner, Dorothy – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1981
The article presents some findings of the 1976 Survey of Income and Education in which the National Center for Education Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau obtained information about the characteristics and educational status of the approximately 28 million people in this country with language backgrounds other than English. (NQA)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
Hsu, Yung-chen; George-Ezzelle, Carol E. – GED Testing Service, 2007
Many adult basic education programs use the Tests of General Educational Development (GED[R] Tests) to measure the skills and knowledge associated with a high school program of study as well as to assess the achievement gains of adult learners through participation in their programs. Using data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy…
Descriptors: Credentials, Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
