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Hamadyk, Jill; Zeidenberg, Matthew – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2018
This report documents the implementation and early impacts of the Workforce Training Academy Connect (WTA Connect) program, operated by Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) in Des Moines, Iowa. WTA Connect aimed to help low-income, low-skilled adults access and complete occupational training that can lead to increased employment and higher…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Career Pathways, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Cerna, Oscar – MDRC, 2019
Community colleges continue to increase their efforts to better serve students who enter their institutions with limited basic math, reading, or writing skills. In 2015, MDRC partnered with the Texas Coordinating Higher Education Board on a study to examine how colleges implemented state guidelines for students scoring below ninth-grade…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Basic Skills, Skill Development, Mathematics Instruction
Eyster, Lauren; Barnow, Burt; Anderson, Theresa; Conway, Maureen; Lerman, Robert I.; Jain, Ranita; Kuehn, Daniel; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2018
This brief summarizes findings from implementation, impact, and cost-benefit evaluations of Accelerating Opportunity (AO). AO is a career pathways initiative launched in 2011 that aims to help adults with low basic skills earn valued occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers. AO was one of the first efforts…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Career Pathways, Basic Skills, Credentials
Martinson, Karin; Cho, Sung-Woo; Gardiner, Karen; Glosser, Asaph – Administration for Children & Families, 2018
This report describes the implementation and early impacts of the Washington State Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program at three colleges: Bellingham Technical College, Everett Community College, and Whatcom Community College. I-BEST is a nationally known program that aims to increase access to and completion of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Team Teaching
Martinson, Karin; Copson, Elizabeth; Gardiner, Karen; Kitrosser, Daniel – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2018
This report documents the implementation and early impacts of the Carreras en Salud (Careers in Health) program, operated by Instituto del Progreso Latino, in Chicago, Illinois. The Carreras en Salud program is one promising effort aimed at helping low-income, low-skilled adults access and complete occupational training that can lead to increased…
Descriptors: Career Development, Program Implementation, Hispanic Americans, Organizations (Groups)
Anderson, Theresa; Eyster, Lauren; Lerman, Robert I.; Conway, Maureen; Jain, Ranita; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2016
Accelerating Opportunity (AO) combined integrated career pathways at two-year colleges with team teaching, acceleration strategies, supportive services, and policy changes. It aimed to help low-skilled adults earn occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers. This final implementation report documents activities…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Career Pathways, Basic Skills, Credentials
Iowa Department of Education, 2016
This report is Iowa's response to the four questions that the United States Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), requires of all states and territories receiving federal funding through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The overall goal of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Career Education, Technical Education
Banuelos, Diana – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The most recent data available from the National Center for Educational Statistics (2004) estimate that 60% of community college freshmen and 25% of freshmen at 4-year public institutions nationwide complete at least one remedial course. Nationally, fewer than 40% of students who are referred to developmental education actually enroll in…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Policy Formation, Community Colleges, Remedial Instruction
Germanna Community Coll., Locust Grove, VA. – 2001
This report details the activities, findings, and actions that have made up Germanna Community College's (Virginia) student outcomes assessment program in specific reporting areas for 2000-2001. The following sections comprise the report: (1) an executive summary; (2) a report on assessment activities in five general education areas, including…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
Garner, Barbara – 1994
This manual describes an effective, cost- and time-efficient approach to basic education and vocational training for adults. The approach was developed during a pilot project in Massachusetts that featured the following: capitalizing on students' interests, hands-on vocational training, the expectation that students' motivation to learn a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Guidelines, Job Development
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 2001
This is a 2001 report on the enrollment and progress for basic skills students in Washington State's community and technical colleges. Report highlights include: (1) 15% of all state-support instruction is in basic skills; (2) 53% of basic skills instruction is in English second language (ESL) programs; and (3) adult basic education (ABE) and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Role, Community Colleges
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center. – 1989
Project Learning T.I.P. (To Improve Productivity) was conducted at three hospitals by the Dade County Public Schools to increase the literacy skills of the approximately 4,000 lower-level hospital employees who were deemed by their supervisors to be limited English proficient or to lack basic skills. Because of recruiting efforts limited by lack…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Entry Workers
Harlow, Debra B.; Askov, Eunice N. – 1994
Four community colleges in North Carolina cooperated to provide workplace literacy education to employees of eight plants in the state. The target population for the program was 710 adults who had not completed high school or who were functioning below high school level who were employed at one of the industry sites. The Comprehensive Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Mrowicki, Linda; And Others – 1994
A project was conducted to improve the productivity and efficiency of 10 manufacturers by providing workplace literacy instruction to workers lacking basic skills required for their jobs, and to improve the capability of educational programs to meet the basic skill needs of the manufacturing industry by developing an evaluation manual for basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
Kolb, William J. – 1989
Now that basic skills have been linked to the economic prosperity of the country, businesses have become concerned about improving the basic skills of young people. A promising approach is the Summer Reporter Project conducted in Wisconsin as part of the summer programs of the Job Training Partnership Act. The program has three main elements: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, Economic Development