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Direct linkAndrea Lyn Bacle – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Adult learners enrolled in adult basic education (ABE) classes at community colleges who were hesitant to take high school equivalency (HSE) exams prevented themselves from progressing to college, new career opportunities, or achieving their academic goals. This narrative case study explored three students' educational experiences and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Experience, Adult Basic Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Peer reviewedPickard, Amy – Journal of Literacy Research, 2021
Federal accountability policies requiring rapid, measurable outcomes have increasingly shaped the nature and type of public literacy services available to adults. However, little empirical research has explored the impact of accountability policies on program practice in adult basic education, and almost no research has focused on the effect on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Reading Difficulties, Educational Policy
Fizer, Gregory A. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2020
Throughout the field of corrections in the United States, the prevalent question regarding reentry preparation of offenders is, "What works?" The RAND Corporation in 2014 published a comprehensive review of correctional education programs and reported that offenders involved in education programs were significantly more likely to realize…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutors, Tutor Training, Correctional Education
Muro, Andres – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Overwhelming evidence shows that domestic violence is a very serious problem affecting women in the United States. Black et al. (2010) report that approximately 34 million women in the United States, or approximately 30%, have experienced some form of violence including rape, physical, violence, and/or stalking in their lifetimes. Twenty-two…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Test Validity, Family Violence
Download full textTracy-Mumford, Fran – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
The year 1998 was one of immense change for adult learning and literacy, as significant new legislation was passed and the field headed more deeply into the mainstream. Along with these developments came greater demands for program accountability, expanded strategic alliances and partnerships, new instructional methodologies, changes in public…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Accountability, Learning Experience, Public Policy
Hayes, Elisabeth – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
The growing number of youth enrolling in adult literacy education is a little-documented trend across the nation that is having a major impact on programs in some areas but appears to be unnoticed by educational policymakers and researchers. A central question is whether youth enrollments provide an opportunity for adult literacy education to…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
