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What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Clearinghouse Adell, Rockville, MD. – 1979
This catalog provides descriptions of specific adult education programs funded under Sections 306 (a) (4) and 309 (1 and 2) of the Adult Education Act. It consists of three sections: project summaries, a subject index, and statistical matrices. Project summaries are organized alphabetically by state of origin and grouped under headings of major…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Download full textOffice of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1994
This booklet profiles the 10 recipients of the 1994 Secretary of Education's Award for Outstanding Adult Education and Literacy Programs. The following programs are profiled: Portland Adult Education (Portland, Maine); The Center for Literacy, Inc. (Philadelphia); James H. Groves Adult High School (Dover, Delaware); Adult Basic Skills Education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1985
Profiles are provided for the outstanding adult basic education (ABE) program in each of 10 regions. Each profile provides a brief background; discusses the program's focus(es); describes program activities, operation, and components; presents some figures on the population served; and provides the name, address, and telephone number of a contact…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Wiseman, T. Jan; Cassin, Lory – 1978
The elements of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program at Kishwaukee College are reviewed. ABE program elements include General Educational Development (GED) program and testing; basic skills courses; English as a second language (ESL); in-plant classes; specialty courses in communicative linguistics and English grammar under ESL; adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Granger, James C., Ed.; And Others – 1975
Second in a series of five, the document presents abstracts of 29 cooperative adult education programs selected from across the nation. The format of each abstract includes the following information: (1) cooperating parties--private industry and State educational agency; (2) cooperation--type of activity provided by each party; (3)…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Mark, Jorie Lester, Ed. – 1987
This publication highlights business, industry, union, and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)-supported efforts to provide public and private employees, as well as some prospective employees, with the basic literacy skills they need to perform in the workplace. Basic or remedial education users listed in this directory include 198 companies or…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Champaigne, John – 1981
The Developmental Studies Program described in this report has provided the Community College of the Finger Lakes since 1974 with a variety of services for academically deficient students. After noting that the establishment of the Department of Developmental Studies in Fall 1980 was a culmination of this long history of commitment to support…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Credits, Communication Skills
Clearinghouse Adell, Rockville, MD. – 1978
This catalog summarizes the information provided by forty-six states on 360 adult basic education projects funded under sections 306A and 309 of the amended Adult Education Act of 1966 during fiscal year 1978. Each of the one-page summaries, arranged alphabetically by state, includes one or all of the following: the state identifier, a subject…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Catalogs, Community Involvement
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1986
This booklet provides descriptions of 16 adult education programs that have been validated as successful by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), U.S. Department of Education and that are being promoted by the National Diffusion Network (NDN). Although the programs were developed by individual school districts in response to local needs,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs
Kasworm, Carol E., Ed.; Lyle, Buddy L., Ed. – 1978
Selected contributions from a workshop on competency-based adult education (CBAE) are presented in this monograph. The articles define the current trends in the theory and practice of CBAE. The monograph consists of five major sections. Section 1, the overview, offers a historical frame of reference, examination of terminology and definitions, a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills
