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Download full textMaryland State Department of Education, 2005
This report outlines a series of findings and recommendations that illustrate both educational and economic implications for the state and its local communities. The Superintendent's Panel on Excellence in Adult Education recommends a 95% increase in the state's support of adult education and a 70% increase in local support. There are significant…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Out of School Youth, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education
Brooks, Greg; Davies, Rachael; Duckett, Laura; Hutchison, Dougal; Kendall, Sally; Wilkin, Anne – 2001
The progress made by adults in dedicated mainstream basic skills provision in England and Wales and factors associated with students' progress were examined. Of the 2,135 students from 71 colleges of further education and local education authorities who took the reading pretest, 1,224 (57%) took the reading posttest. Writing scripts were received…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Kegan, Robert; Broderick, Maria; Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Helsing, Deborah; Popp, Nancy; Portnow, Kathryn – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2001
How do ABE/ESOL (Adult Basic Education/English for Speakers of Other Languages) programs shape adult learners, and how do adult learners, in turn, shape their programs? Beyond the acquisition of important skills (such as greater fluency in the English language) what are the bigger internal meanings for adults of participating in ABE/ESOL…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
