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Alamprese, Judith A. – Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2012
The U.S. Department of Education's Policy to Performance project was funded in 2009 to build the capacity of state adult basic education (ABE) staff to develop and implement policies and practices that would support an ABE transition system. Policy to Performance states were selected though a competitive process. State adult education directors…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Federal Programs, Educational Policy, Transitional Programs
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education. – 1988
This document provides information about five adult basic education (ABE) staff development programs that illustrate the use of the principles identified in a research report. (The 70 principles and 39 corresponding techniques relate to planning and conducting training for ABE teachers and other staff.) Each of these staff development projects…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demonstration Programs, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1992
This booklet describes 10 outstanding adult education and literacy programs, one for each of the country's 10 geographic regions, that won awards from the U.S. Secretary of Education in 1992. The winners embody the best elements of how the adult learning system will move the nation to meet the National Education Goal for Adult Literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Awards, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Murphy, Joseph B. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1979
Preliminary results of a career planning project for Adult Basic Education participants in Connecticut show that less advantaged adults do not recognize the importance of career planning to get a job, although they may face occupational change in mid life. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Demonstration Programs
Lakes, Richard D.; Lewis, Linda H. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1990
The Literacy Improvement Needs Collaboration in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was assisted by African-American ministers from the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance in recruiting adults from the community for a literacy program and 50 volunteers to serve as tutors and community liaisons. Some of the stigma of illiteracy was alleviated by using…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Blacks, Church Programs
Youmans, David; And Others – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1982
Describes a model for Hispanic farm laborer irrigation schools that was developed, implemented, and evaluated by cooperative extension personnel. Success of the approach was due to attention to critical elements in the model, which is applicable to other adult basic education programs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agricultural Laborers, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
Caldwell, Robert M. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1980
Presents the instructional rationale used in design of the Basic Skills Learning System, a modularized network of computer assisted tutorials, drills, tests, printed materials, and videotaped presentations directed at improving basic reading, math, and language skills of adults below eighth-grade level. Teaching strategies that impact reading…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs
Beder, Harold W.; Darkenwald, Gordon G. – 1974
In an effort to determine the effectiveness of 309 (b) projects (experimental demonstration projects in Adult Basic Education funded through the Adult Education Act), selected projects were used as the basis for several case studies and evaluated. Project RFD was never intended to be utilized by Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs but instead…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs
Caldwell, Robert M.; Rizza, Peter J., Jr. – 1979
The Basic Skills Learning System is a modularized network of computer assisted tutorials, drills, tests, printed materials, and videotaped presentations directed at improving the basic reading, math, and language skills of adults who have mastered these skills at a level above third grade but below eighth grade. Advanced computer technology…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs
Royce, Sherry – 1995
A staff development project designed a publication for the effective statewide dissemination of significant current or previous Section 353 special demonstration projects in adult literacy education in Pennsylvania and for the provision of feedback to project directors about their project's strengths and weaknesses. During the project, 72 programs…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Feedback
What's the Buzz?, 1996
A project was undertaken to design an information dissemination newsletter to meet the professional development needs of Pennsylvania's adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) practitioners. It was decided that an 8- to 10-page-long newsletter would be produced for 5 months that included information/articles from as many sources as could be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs
Main, JoDell K. – 1984
A project was conducted to see if computer-assisted instruction could be used successfully with the low-level, non-reading adult. The experimental classroom group consisted of mentally handicapped and other educationally handicapped adults in adult basic education (ABE) programs. (Long-range implementation is aimed at ABE students who have a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs
Danks, Barbara – 1980
This demonstration project was conducted to create an awareness among the least educated adults in Armstrong and Indiana counties of Pennsylvania of the availability of Adult Basic Education (ABE) opportunities at the ARIN Adult Learning Center and its satellites. The project was carried out by means of a public relations program. Activities…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Methods, Information Dissemination
Mahoney, James R.; And Others – 1976
This document reports the results of an 18 month demonstration program conducted by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) to show that the community college is uniquely suited as a resource for offenders. Pilot programs were established at three community colleges--Central Piedmont Community College in North Carolina,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Colleges, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals
Royce and Royce, Inc., Lancaster, PA. – 1999
A project was conducted in Pennsylvania to provide technical support to the APEX nomination and awards activity that recognizes outstanding adult education practitioners. The project included a revision of the nomination form and procedures developed for APEX in 1998 to align them with Adult Teacher Competency Standards developed in 1999. The APEX…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs
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