The New Adventure in Learning program, a language and reading skills program stressing individually determined instruction and positive behavioral principles, is described in this report, and adoption procedures for the program are outlined. Part one indicates the type of community, school, and students that have been served by the program and…

Describes the Weehawken, New Jersey, individualized language arts program to develop better ways of teaching writing and composition through diagnosing student writing needs, using prescriptive teaching techniques, and evaluating student progress. Validated by the Office of Education, the program has spread across the country. (MF)

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,…