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Download full textHesser, Florence E. – 1978
Ten literacy pilot programs developed by the Adult Basic Education Society (ABES) of Pakistan in Gujranwala, Pakistan, between 1963 and 1973 were analyzed and evaluated to evolve a series of adult literacy program development guidelines. The programs were evaluated on the basis of an eleven-category evaluation system developed by Cyril Houle in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Functional Literacy
Philippi, Jorie W. – 1988
For almost half a century the United States military services have incorporated formal literacy programs into job training for those enlistees who are less than fully qualified. Over the years, several successful job-specific reading programs have evolved. In 1975, the Army began the Functional Literacy (FLIT) Program, a program based on a…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Enlisted Personnel, Functional Literacy, Job Training
Imel, Susan – 1989
This digest about issues currently being debated in the adult literacy field examines the appropriate goals and objectives for adult literacy education, professionalization of the field, and literacy program evaluation. The first section reflects the disagreement between those who believe the purpose of literacy education should be to support…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Bishop, Arthur, Ed. – 1978
In view of the fact that 13% of the 9, 13, and 17-year-old students in the United States have been found to be functionally illiterate in a national study, this booklet was produced by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to review efforts that have been undertaken to strengthen students' command of reading skills. Among the topics discussed are…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment
Daniels, Susan J.; Hess, Caryl A. – 1992
The University of Akron's Reading Assessment Component (RAC) research study assessed the effectiveness of a computer-based literacy program, Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System (PALS), as an alternative to classroom instruction for functionally illiterate adults living in Summit County, Ohio. The RAC study assessed four objectives: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Philippi, Jorie W. – 1987
To measure the effectiveness of the Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP) reading curriculum--eight reading skill modules employing military job-specific reading materials and used by the U.S. Army in Europe (USAREUR)--and to provide information for improving it, a study examined 183 soldiers from 38 European posts who were enrolled in the BSEP…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Enlisted Personnel, Functional Literacy, Job Training
Quickel, Rosemary L.; Wise, James E. – 1982
The Horry County, South Carolina, Reading Crusade, a joint effort of the Literacy Council and the school district, was begun in 1979-80 with the intent of raising the literacy level of adults. The school district's Adult and Community Education Department provided office space, telephones, lab space, salaries, and mileage for the coordinators. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Resources
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Non-Formal Education Information Center. – 1981
A selected annotated bibliography on literacy and basic education, including contributions from practitioners in the worldwide non-formal education network and compiled for them, has three interrelated themes: integration of literacy programs with broader development efforts; the learner-centered or "psycho-social" approach to literacy,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
Darling, Sharon; And Others – 1983
This administrator's quide, one in a series of works dealing with adult literacy education, surveys the essential components of adult literacy program development and management and details the related experience of the Jefferson County Adult Reading Program (JCARP) in Louisville, Kentucky. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
