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Reauthorization of Expiring Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Programs. Volume 5. Adult Education. Hearing on H.R. 5, before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
These statements, letters, and supplemental materials were provided by: (1) Janet Jones Ballard, Assault on Literacy Program; (2) Representative Jim Cooper, Tennessee; (3) Mitch Snyder, Center for Creative Non-Violence; (4) Garrett Murphy, Division of Adult and Continuing Education Programs, New York; (5) W. Wilson Goode, mayor of Philadelphia;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Federal Legislation
Illiteracy in the Hispanic Community. Statement of Francisco Garza, Legislative Director, National Council of La Raza, Before the Subcommittee on Post Secondary Education of the House Education and Labor Committee.
Garza, Francisco; Orum, Lori S. – 1982
Substantial numbers of Hispanic Americans cannot complete school or compete effectively for jobs because of less than adequate literacy in English. Before anything can be done about this, our definitions of literacy and illiteracy need to be reworked. The conventional definition of literacy as the completion of fifth grade ignores the changing…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
The Teaching and Learning of Basic Academic Skills in Schools: A Testimony Before the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities.
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Farr, Roger – 1979
This testimony presented before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities presents an expert's conclusions about the status of reading in the United States. It points to several studies comparing reading achievement scores of students today to scores of students of several years ago; discusses data that are used to…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy
Oversight on Illiteracy in the United States. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
Consisting of testimony and written statements presented to the House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, this report deals with the problem of illiteracy in the United States. Proceedings begin with a statement by Charles M. Richardson of Sperry Corporation, an education consultant and former reading tutor; Charles J.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation
Oversight Hearing on Reading Programs and Hearing on H. R. 8304 and H. R. 9048; Hearings before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, 94th Congress, First Session on H. R. 8304 and H. R. 9048, November 13, 1975.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1975
Two bills concerning national reading programs were the subjects of a hearing held in Washington, D. C. on November 13, 1975, by the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. H. R. 9048 is a bill to provide federal assistance for the distribution of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Books, Childrens Literature, Community Involvement