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Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1990
Provisions and purposes of four federal human resource development programs were reviewed, and options regarding the definition of basic skills and literacy were analyzed. The four programs were as follows: Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Adult Education Act (AEA), and the Carl D. Perkins…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Educational Research, Federal Legislation
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2000
This guide provides step-by-step instructions to facilitate a multi-session study circle for practitioners on the topic of accountability. Practitioners will read and analyze research and discuss how to apply it in their classrooms and programs. In the first session, the Study Circle group will examine the concept of performance accountability in…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Research, Adult Basic Education, Program Effectiveness
Monroe, Margaret E.; Heim, Kathleen M. – 1991
This booklet was prepared in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the watershed Adult Education Act of 1966, and in acknowledgement of the key role that libraries have played in U.S. adult education throughout the century. Written by library educators, the two commissioned papers that make up the booklet describe the role of public libraries in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Librarians
