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McGoff, R. M.; Harding, F. D. – 1974
The purpose of the study is to describe the status of literacy training programs in the military services during the summer of 1971 and develop suggestions for more effective training. A prologue provides information on the scope of the general literacy problem. Data were obtained through questionnaires, interviews, record search, and observations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs, Armed Forces

Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1974
The article discusses the evaluation and findings of studies on various literacy projects in India. (BP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Foreign Countries
Preston, Rosemary – 1991
The arguments for the monitoring and evaluation of adult literacy and basic education programs are no different from those justifying monitoring and evaluation of any other educational program. The priority and status accorded different programs are likely to determine commitment to their internal and external evaluation and the form that these…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Evaluation Methods
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1991
This document provides a framework for local education agencies to monitor, support, and evaluate basic skills provision for adults. It sets out a general approach to evaluation based on three crucial factors in basic skills provision: inputs, process, and outcomes. It suggests some possible program indicators for basic skills, including average…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Soares de Melo, Alvaro; Cristovao, Artur F. A. C. – 1989
The case descriptions of two adult education programs in Portual contained in this document are part of a set that reflects a cooperative effort by adult educators to increase international understanding of various educational programs for adults in their societal context. A face sheet for each program provides this information: name,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies, Continuing Education
Spaulding, Seth – 1982
During the past 20 years, international and bilateral assistance and funding agencies have become increasingly involved in evaluation activities in adult and nonformal education, especially in developing countries. The adult education field pioneered many approaches now advocated by specialists in program and project evaluation. Beginning in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Developing Nations
Harris, Dolores M. – 1972
Adult basic education programs must teach the "social living skills" disadvantaged adults need, as well as basic literacy skills. In creating an ABE program, one must first assess the needs of the target population--through surveys, group meetings, an advisory council of members of the target population, demographic studies, and consideration of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Condelli, Larry; And Others – 1992
As a preliminary to developing criteria to meet quality control requirements of the National Literacy Act of 1991, this report analyzes four areas where state education agencies examine program quality: local program monitoring to assess compliance or promote program improvement; criteria used to evaluate local program funding applications;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Hindle, Judith K. – 1990
This report focuses on a December 1988 to December 1989 evaluation of the structures, processes, and outcomes of 15 primarily volunteer tutor-based literacy programs. It addresses the effectiveness of the Saskatchewan Literacy Campaign in increasing tutor and learner enrollments in the programs. Chapter 1 provides background and definitions.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Foreign Countries
Snoddy, James E. – 1990
A study evaluated Macomb Reading Partners (MRP), the tutoring program of the Macomb Literacy Project. It researched the effectiveness of literacy training and its impact on the lives of a target group of 30 automotive workers. Data sources were a structured interview, the Word Opposites Test of the Botel Reading Inventory (1962), and participant…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Illiteracy
Newman, Anabel P.; Parer, Michael S. – 1978
The ABE/LD-TV (Or LIT-TV) program consists of three color television films and a handbook; its need was shown by an assessment of adult basic education (ABE) programs throughout Indiana which revealed that the majority of adult education workers had unclear and conflicting ideas about learning disabilities in adults. Throughout the development and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs

Condelli, Larry – 1992
The process of developing indicators, measures, and standards of program quality can be considered a tiered, four-step process consisting of the following: (1) identification of topic areas important to program quality; (2) establishing the indicators that reflect quality for each area; (3) determining measures of the indicators; and (4) setting a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Condelli, Larry; Kutner, Mark – 1992
As a preliminary to developing criteria to meet quality control requirements of the National Literacy Act of 1991, a study examined federal and state development of measures of program quality and performance standards for programs funded under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Harrison, David – Adult Training, 1976
Describes an adult basic education facility after one year of operation in an urban shopping mall in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The center is an informal open-ended classroom and advising center where part-time adult learners study an individualized curriculum. Summarizes the major findings of a program evaluation. (EM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Sandler, Linda; Wetzel, Linda; Sullivan, Howard – 1997
The Division of Adult Education in the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Adult Literacy and Technology Resource Center contracted with the Morrison Institute for Public Policy to develop an evaluation system for Arizona's adult education program. During phase I, the institute analyzed existing program data on Arizona's adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Evaluation Methods, Goal Orientation