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Haley, Rebecca J. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
Have you ever wondered how Laura Ingalls Wilder taught all of her students in the little one-room school house in The Little House on the Prairie series? How did she teach students on so many different levels and all at the same time? Well, that is exactly what it is like in most adult education classrooms today. The purpose of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Enrollment, Multigraded Classes
Sticht, Thomas G. – 1990
This document expands upon the discussion of standardized tests in federal legislation and Department of Education rules and regulations, in order to guide practitioners in using these tests and alternative assessment methods more wisely. Amendments of 1988 that address the uses of standardized tests, the federal regulations that implement the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Competency Based Education
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West, Linda L. – 1995
This document traces the history of adult education (AE) in California from the 1850s through the present. Chapter 1 traces AE in California from the 1850s through the 1940s, and chapter 2 summarizes AE governance, finance, and programming in the 1950s. Chapter 3 focuses on the new federal role in AE and AE program growth in the 1960s, with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges