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An Evaluation of the IBM PALS Program for the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

Evaluation Research, Newton Highlands, MA. – 1990

This evaluation used ethnographic data collection methods to discover why IBM's PALS (Principle of the Alphabet Literacy System met with different degrees of success at the two Massachusetts pilot sites after 2 years of operation: the North Central Correctional Institute (NCCI) in Gardner, and the Brightwood Branch Library in Springfield. Three…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction

Volunteer Adult Basic Reading Tutorial Program: Final Special Demonstration Project Report.

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Literacy Volunteers, Inc., Syracuse, NY. – 1974

A demonstration project established eight self-supporting, volunteer-staffed adult basic reading tutorial programs in Connecticut, seven in Massachusetts, and one in central New York city. Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) tutors also helped adult basic education students, tutored inmates and trained inmate tutors in correctional institutions,…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs