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Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Right to Read Program. – 1976
The major goal of the Right-to-Read program is to increase functional literacy so that, by 1980, 99% of the people in the United States who are under 16 years of age and 90% of those over 16 will be sufficiently competent as readers to function effectively as adults. This booklet suggests ways in which groups and organizations can initiate and…
Descriptors: Agencies, Business, Community Organizations, Functional Literacy
Blair, Susan M. – 1978
A functional reading program, as distinct from the standard middle school reading program, specifically ensures that all students will acquire the reading skills necessary for survival in our society. Survival reading behaviors to be achieved include the ability to read labels on packages, to locate references in a newspaper, or to translate…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading

Auten, Anne – Journal of Reading, 1980
Reports on research probing job-related literacy demands and on programs promoting job literacy. (JT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Functional Literacy
Syracuse Univ. Research Corp., NY. Educational Policy Research Center. – 1970
The three position papers on reading disability and illiteracy offer a description of the present position and boundaries of the problem which the current state of knowledge, research, and experience affords us. The first, "The Costs of Illiteracy" by A. Dale Tussing and Laurence B. DeWitt, attempts to describe these "costs" as the quickest way to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Foran, James V. – 1977
This practicum report describes the planning and implementation of a program to improve scores on the Basic Skills Reading Mastery Test at a senior high school that has been experiencing a decline in standardized test scores in recent years. A variety of strategies were used by the principal to make the improvement of reading skills a total staff…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Functional Reading, High Schools, Parent Participation
Roeher Inst., North York (Ontario). – 1995
This guide for literacy tutors and educators provides basic information about people labeled as having an intellectual disability, along with practical teaching strategies and tips on designing inclusive literacy programs. It also raises questions to challenge assumptions and encourage program re-examination. The first four short chapters discuss…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, Foreign Countries

Roeher Inst., North York (Ontario). – 1995
This guide for literacy program managers and coordinators provides basic information about people labeled as having an intellectual disability and offers practical teaching strategies and tips on designing inclusive literacy programs. It also raises questions to encourage re-examination of programs. The first four short chapters are on: making the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, Foreign Countries
Klem, Lynn – 1984
The New Jersey Adult Reading Project was a state project involving more than 500 New Jersey adult educators from 98 adult education programs around the state. The primary objective of the project was to develop a competency-based adult reading management system that would allow program completers to achieve the following goals: continue their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Competency Based Education
San Antonio State Hospital, TX. Office of Education Services. – 1983
This instructional manual consists of materials for use in implementing a computer-assisted instructional program in reading skills development for adult nonreaders. Discussed first are the project during which this instructional program and manual were developed and the goals of the computer-assisted beginning reading program, a major feature of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Context Clues
Stubbs, Jean; And Others – 1984
A model program was designed to provide objective ways of measuring the academic and vocational needs of a maintenance and custodial work force and to develop a core curriculum based on the information obtained. To gather data, the researchers administered a needs assessment survey and conducted interviews of staff and management of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Core Curriculum

Curtis, Bert – 1992
This document profiles six successful literacy partnerships between Canadian community colleges and public/private agencies. The following partnerships are examined: an adult basic education program provided through a partnership between New Brunswick Community College and the Correctional Service of Canada; a workplace literacy program offered…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Case Studies
Lashof, Judith R. – 1992
The Vermont Institute for Self Reliance (VISR) conducted a Basic Educational Skills for Training (BEST) program, a national demonstration project in workplace literacy, from April 1990 to March 1992. BEST provided learner-centered, context-based literacy instruction onsite, on company time, at two General Electric (GE) Aircraft Engines Rutland…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills