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Adult Literacy: Monitoring and Evaluation for Practice and Policy
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Wagner, Daniel A. – International Review of Education, 2008
With the advent of the UN Literacy Decade launched in 2003, there is increased emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of adult literacy around the globe. The present paper presents an overview of the main approaches that have been taken to measure adult literacy within and across countries. A particular focus of the present review is to compare and…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Adult Literacy, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Evidence about the Effectiveness of Evidence-Based Practice: A Workshop for Training Adult Basic Education, TANF and One-Stop Practitioners and Program Administrators. NCSALL Occasional Paper
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Smith, Cristine; Bingman, Beth – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2007
The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) and the National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium (NAEPDC), with funding from the National Institute for Literacy, created a one-day workshop to assist practitioners and administrators in adult basic education, TANF (Transitional Assistance for Needy…
Descriptors: Workshops, Program Evaluation, Adult Basic Education, Employment Services
A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials Evaluating Interventions in Adult Literacy and Numeracy
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Torgerson, Carole; Porthouse, Jill; Brooks, Greg – Journal of Research in Reading, 2005
This paper reports a systematic review of the quasi-experimental literature in the field of adult literacy and numeracy, published between 1980 and 2002. We included 27 controlled trials (CTs) that evaluated strategies and pedagogies designed to increase adult literacy and numeracy: 18 CTs with no effect sizes (incomplete data) and 9 CTs with full…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Adult Literacy