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Download full textRutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Grossman, Amanda; Cullinan, Dan – MDRC, 2014
For the nearly 39 million U.S. adults who do not have a high school diploma, the General Educational Development (GED) programs and exam have served as the main avenue for improving individuals' skills and helping them earn a high school credential. However, few students who start these programs ever get this credential, and even fewer advance to…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Tests, Thinking Skills, Writing Skills
CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2010
The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act provides funding for states and territories to provide instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) to adults in need of these literacy services. California State Budget Act language…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Basic Education, Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
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
Correctional Education Association. – 1988
This booklet contains standards developed with input from correctional educators and field tested in correctional education programs. The standards cover four major areas: (1) administration (philosophy and goals, written policy and procedure, organizational chart, budget, accreditation, annual meeting, student records, and program evaluation);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Postsecondary Education
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
Suhanin, William R. – 1987
This guide for administrators provides a model for linking adult basic education (ABE) programs--ABE, general educational development (GED), and English as a second language (ESL)--with a broad range of human service agencies. The linkage model depicts a process that is divided into three phases. Three chapters discuss in detail these phases.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, High School Equivalency Programs, Human Services
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
Meno, Marie A., Comp. – 1986
This narrative report provides descriptive information on the Louisiana adult education program. The report compares accomplishments to goals established for fiscal year 1986; defines reasons for slippage in areas in which goals have not been met; and determines on a statewide basis the average cost per student. Some of the highlights of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, 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
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
Whitesel, Russ; Anderson, Gordon A. – 1990
This staff briefing report was prepared for the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Special Committee on Educational Programs in Adult Correctional Institutions. The two-part paper provides background information on Wisconsin's adult correctional system, its residents, and the educational and vocational programs in adult correctional institutions.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, High School Equivalency Programs
Meno, Marie A., Comp. – 1987
The Louisiana Adult Education Program provides academic education for persons 16 years old and above with less than a high school education, with emphasis on decreasing the illiteracy rate in Louisiana. The program enrolled 44,515 students in literacy efforts in fiscal year 1986-1987. Approximately 33,000 students were tested. The average of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Programs, High School Equivalency Programs
Virginia State Council on Vocational Education, Richmond. – 1993
The Virginia Department of Correctional Education (DCE) offers programs in basic skills, academic, vocational, special education, and social skills. Postsecondary courses are also offered by community colleges and other postsecondary institutions. The DCE currently operates education programs and related services in 20 major adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Correctional Education, Curriculum
Potts, Meta; Tichenor, Jean – 1989
Project PROVE (Parolees and Probationers Realize Opportunities via Education) provides adult literacy and General Educational Development (GED) test preparation for paroled offenders in Louisville, Kentucky. Released offenders are either required or encouraged to attend the program by their parole officers. Interviews with 12 program participants,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals
