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Download full textBureau of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Information on the Adult Education Act of 1966, as amended, given in this document includes the following: (1) program objectives, (2) program strategy, (3) evaluation techniques, (4) program universe, (5) student characteristics, (6) target population, (7) program impact, and (8) training needs. (CK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives
Farris, Pamela J. – 1992
Leaders in business and industry are demanding workers who not only can read and write but can think creatively and critically and solve problems. Federal- and state-funded programs and volunteer organizations are involved with adult literacy. Increasingly, corporations are funding adult literacy projects. Adults read for different reasons than…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Objectives
Slettehaugh, Sharon A. – 1978
A study was conducted to identify communities which had developed directories of adult learning opportunities and to describe how and why these directories were developed. Through questionnaires and interviews, data was collected from the developers of twelve comprehensive community directories. Information was obtained on the product's (1) name,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation. – 1973
A comprehensive report on the 82 Office of Education programs is provided in this evaluation of the programs for fiscal year 1972. The status of the evaluation function itself is briefly discussed; a general overview is made of the effectiveness of the Office of Education programs; the highlights of new findings from recent evaluation studies are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Annual Reports, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedFargo, Jean E.; Collins, Marilyn – Journal of Reading, 1989
Describes a research project to evaluate the progress of adult beginning readers. States that the project gave the authors insight into designing and carrying out research; broadened their understanding of how students learn about the learning process; enriched their teaching; and helped them view others' research in a new light. (RS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Evaluation Methods, Literacy Education
Causey, Oscar S., Ed.; Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed. – 1960
Focusing on research and evaluation in college reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the ninth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1959. Among the topics discussed in the 19 papers are the following: a proposed model of reading comprehension, factors affecting reading test performance, student attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Evaluation Methods
Drake, James Bob; Morgan, Alice S. – 1975
The project, conducted in five Alabama counties, was concerned with identifying and recruiting nonreading young adults and providing home-based instruction to those who could not attend adult basic education classes. Paraprofessionals and volunteers were recruited and trained in order to meet this objective. As of May 31, 1975, over 40 community…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults
