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Direct linkLockwood, Susan R.; Nally, John M.; Dowdell, John; McGlone, Jerry; Steurer, Steve – Journal of Correctional Education, 2013
In 2014, a new General Education Development (GED) assessment will be implemented. The new, more rigorous test will be aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and will use a new test delivery model-computer-based testing (CBT) to replace the paper-and-pencil examination. These two changes have important implications for correctional…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Computer Assisted Testing, Program Implementation, Correctional Education
Download full textWashington State Board of Education, 2016
The Washington State Board of Education (SBE) and the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) submitted this 6th biennial joint report to the Governor, Legislative Education Committees, and Superintendent of Public Instruction. The report outlines the collaborative work of the Boards, highlights accomplishments, and provides goals and…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Academic Achievement, Standards, Superintendents
Franck, Karen; Vineyard, Michelle; Olson, Ann; Peterson, Ashley – Journal of Extension, 2012
Experiential cooking classes for low-income adults can help improve healthy nutrition behaviors. However, nutrition educators and Extension professionals can face challenges in successful implementation of these programs such as difficulties recruiting and retaining participants. Drawing upon lessons learned from a cooking intervention with…
Descriptors: Low Income, Cooking Instruction, Nutrition, Health Behavior
Building a Better Life: Implementing a Career and Technical Education Program for Incarcerated Youth
DelliCarpini, Margo – Journal of Correctional Education, 2010
This article reports on the development and implementation of a Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program in a county jail system in New York State. The program is funded through the Carl D. Perkins Career & Technical Education Act, which reserves a pocket of funds for individuals in county correctional institutions. This program integrated…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Educational Practices, Vocational Education
Molek, Carol – 1988
This report and reference booklet is designed to provide adult education supervisors, instructors, and General Educational Development (GED) students and alumni with information to establish GED alumni associations as part of the adult basic education program. The final report details the GED Alumni Stretch and Reach project, which was proposed to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Alumni, Alumni Associations, Guides
Tucker, John D. – 1987
The purpose of a project was to develop a comprehensive distance learning system for undereducated adults not being served through traditional adult education classroom instruction. Odessa College (Texas) developed and implemented a televised delivery system for General Educational Development that complemented and supplemented existing adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Distance Education, Educational Television
Peer reviewedAlamprese, Judith A. – Journal of Correctional Education, 1985
The experiences of the External Diploma Program, a competency-based alternative credentialing program for adults, are described in this article. Factors to consider when implementing a program in a maximum security facility are explored. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Cotsworth, Vickie; O'Hara, Katha – 1984
Project LIFTS (Learning Improvement through Teaching Strategies) was designed to serve adult basic education (ABE) students enrolled at Johnson County Community College (Kansas) who are diagnosed as having a specific learning disability. These students enrolled in Basic English, a pre-General Educational Development Test preparation class, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Grammar, High School Equivalency Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Gruber, Samuel C. – 1996
Since 1976, the Cumberland Valley School District (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) has offered an external high school diploma program for adults that combines academic achievement with life skill competencies. In 1995-1996, the Cumberland Valley School District received funds to recruit three educational agencies/school districts willing to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Demonstration Programs, Extension Education
Leto, Lyn – 1998
A program was conducted to implement a "regular high school" adult diploma program built on a school-to-work philosophy and operated through a two-county, multidistrict lifelong learning consortium in Pennsylvania. The project also provided a rural, cooperative program model ready for replication in other areas in order to provide…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, High School Equivalency Programs
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Career Tech. and Adult Learning. – 1996
This annual report for fiscal year 1996 for the Educational Coordinating Council for Correctional Institutions in Maryland provides information on the inmate population, school improvement, technology, correctional education libraries and technology, special education, and the Occupational Skills Training Center. Eleven tables reflect composite…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Higher Education
Bowers, Robert F. – 1983
The Employability Skills System Program (ESSP) is an adult education program designed to combine academic skills with job-seeking and employability skills. The program efforts include coordinating services and creating linkages between existing delivery services within the Detroit Public School System and private business and industry. In…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Potential, Employment Qualifications, Extension Education
Brown, David – 1982
Project Access was developed to provide Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) classes for visually and muscularly impaired adults in a totally accessible and supportive environment. Existing instructional materials were adapted to several formats, e.g., large print, cassette tape, and Braille; instruction was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Blindness, High School Equivalency Programs, Material Development
Molek, Carol – 1986
Because General Educational Development (GED) graduates in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, were in need of an association to encourage their further educational development and enhance their newly established feelings of self-worth, an alumni association was formed. Within this peer group, alumni vented frustrations, obtained special training,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Alumni, Alumni Associations
Jones, Yvonne J. – 1981
In 1980-81 the 8 high schools of the Secondary Adult Program incorporated 176 adults into their regular routines. (Of these, 89 completed the school year following individualized curricula.) Teachers whose classes had less than the maximum allowed enrollment of regular students accepted one or more adult students. The Secondary Adult Program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Continuation Students
