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Direct linkDouai Mohammed Amine; Saidi Ayoub; Qafas Ahlam – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2025
This article presents a quasi-experimental study evaluating Morocco's Agency for Adult Education "Literacy for Empowerment" program, using propensity score matching to compare data from participants and nonparticipants. Framed within a theory supporting an all-inclusive concept of literacy, the study was guided by two main questions, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education
Download full textUNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2021
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has launched a new publication, "Integrated Approaches to Literacy and Skills Development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes." This new compilation showcases 21 adult education programmes that demonstrate promising approaches to integrating literacy, life skills and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning
Smith, Kevin G.; Lee, Laurie; Osborne-Lampkin, La'Tara; Rall, June – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2020
The purpose of this self-study guide is to help adult literacy education providers collect, organize, and analyze evidence that they can use to improve program performance. It was designed to help educators consider which types of evidence to collect and which components of adult education instruction may be important for evaluating…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Literacy Education, Evidence Based Practice, Program Improvement
Williamson, Frances; Durnan, Deborah; Edwards, Tannia; Waites, Mary – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2020
Previous studies have documented the personal transformation that many low literate adults undergo when they engage in literacy campaigns. In particular, research has captured how improved literacy leads to a greater willingness and capacity to speak out, or what is often referred to as voice. This paper focusses on the impact of an adult…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Sustainability, Literacy, Indigenous Populations
Hossain, Farhana; Terwelp, Emily – MDRC, 2015
In 2008, New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) launched the Young Adult Literacy (YAL) program to improve the academic and work-readiness skills of youth who are not in school, do not have a job, and have very low literacy skills. The YAL program targets 16- to 24-year-old young adults who read at the fourth-through eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Urban Education
Dean Fixsen – Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2012
Through a series of summit meetings, the Adult Education Great Cities Summit Initiative explored the needs and concerns of adult education students, teachers, and local program administrators in five large, urban settings. Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Houston participated in a series of activities focused on improving learner…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Adult Education
Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Grossman, Amanda; Cullinan, Dan – MDRC, 2014
For the nearly 39 million U.S. adults who do not have a high school diploma, the General Educational Development (GED) programs and exam have served as the main avenue for improving individuals' skills and helping them earn a high school credential. However, few students who start these programs ever get this credential, and even fewer advance to…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Tests, Thinking Skills, Writing Skills
Prins, Esther; Clymer, Carol; Foreman, Sheri Suarez; Needle, Mark; Raymond, Becky; Toso, Blaire Willson – Grantee Submission, 2018
This paper reports findings from a researcher-practitioner partnership (2015-18) that examined how adult education providers in Chicago, Houston, and Miami are designing and implementing career pathways (CP) programming, particularly for immigrants and adults with limited education. This Institute of Education Sciences-funded study was the first…
Descriptors: Career Development, Adult Learning, Partnerships in Education, Adult Educators
CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2010
The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act provides funding for states and territories to provide instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) to adults in need of these literacy services. California State Budget Act language…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Basic Education, Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2009
The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act provides funding for states and territories to provide instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) to adults in need of these literacy services. California State Budget Act language…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid, Grants
Hanemann, Ulrike – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ1), 2009
When it became clear that existing literacy efforts would not be enough to enable some countries to reach Education for All (EFA) Goal 4 (a 50 percent improvement in levels of adult literacy), UNESCO launched the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE, 2006-2015). 35 countries with literacy rates below 50 percent and/or a population of more…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Adult Literacy, Private Sector, Capacity Building
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1985
This guide is designed to assist adult education leaders and practitioners to consider carefully the adoption of one or more of the available National Diffusion Network (NDN) projects. It is also intended to help them understand their opportunity and responsibility for improving adult education practice through the proper use of adoption…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Samuelson, Judith A.; Faddis, Constance R. – 1986
This replication guide describes the Indiana solution to the adult illiteracy problem--the inception of the Indiana Adult Literacy Initiative and the formation of the Indiana Adult Literacy Coalition. These four strategies promoted by the Initiative for developing and implementing programs are cited: volunteerism, public-private sector…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Illiteracy
Development Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1992
The potential of programs supported by the Basic State Grants section of the federal Adult Education Act was evaluated; the first interim part of the study provides descriptive information on the adult education service delivery system. The study drew primarily on data collected from two surveys of local adult education programs--a universe survey…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, Washington, DC. – 1988
This report examines the literacy-related activities of organizations funded under Title IV, Section 402 of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Section 402 is a special program within JTPA that delivers training, employment, education, and support services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. The survey: (1) documents the various literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Compliance (Legal)
