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South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1990
Statewide results of South Carolina's Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) are provided in terms of the percentages of students meeting statewide performance standards in reading, mathematics, writing, and science. BSAP tests were administered statewide on April 23-27, 1990, in grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8. The BSAP Exit Examination was administered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests
Granite School District, Salt Lake City, UT. – 1989
The Granite School District (Utah) conducted a project to implement competency-based/technology-assisted instruction in all of its adult high schools. The district adopted the state's core curriculum in order to establish clearly defined instructional goals and objectives; revised and added to the instructional units; made the curriculum uniform…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1990
An instructional strategy designed to meet the needs of limited-English-proficient (LEP) adult students grouped heterogeneously in classes is presented. The approach is intended to assist in curriculum design and implementation in situations in which, because of limited student numbers, students in adult basic education, English as a Second…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Citizenship Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Download full textMerlin, Shirley B. – 1990
A literacy partnership demonstration project was conducted by Rocco, Inc., WLR Foods, Inc., the Virginia Poultry Federation, James Madison University, and Massanutten Technical Center. The project focused on enhancing workers' careers by providing literacy training to assist them in remaining employed or advancing in their careers. Led by an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Employer Employee Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
A hearing on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is presented that focuses on programs that provide services to students, including the TRIO Programs: Upward Bound, Talent Search, Educational Opportunity Centers, Special Services, and the training authority. It is proposed that secondary and postsecondary schools be helped to…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Articulation (Education), College Students, Disadvantaged
Davenport, Suzanne, Ed. – 1982
This preservice manual is intended to help new teachers in the field of adult literacy education understand the dimensions of their teaching situation and provide the education their students need. (Adult literacy education includes adult basic education, high school completion, and English as a second language.) Part I defines adult education and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Rio Salado Community Coll., AZ. – 1985
A project was conducted to develop and implement a program of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) for students enrolled in adult basic education (ABE) and general educational development (GED) programs throughout Arizona. The following activities were completed during development of the comprehensive ABE/GED CAI program: identification and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Kimmel, Harold S.; Lucas, Geoffrey S. – 1984
A project to develop grass roots alternative diploma study (Project GRADS) was undertaken for the purpose of formulating and implementing a multimodal, systems approach to preparing rural adults to pass the General Educational Development (GED) Tests. During the year-long, countywide program, GED programming was developed and delivered via the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, County Programs, Delivery Systems
Stevens, Mary A. – 1978
The Study Unlimited Program, developed at Black Hawk College (Illinois) to improve access to postsecondary opportunities for non-traditional students, makes General Education Development Test preparation and college-credit courses available in six area public libraries and in the on-campus Independent Learning Center. All library-based courses…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Demography
Wallin, Katherine L.; Heinrichs, Audrey S. – 1978
Part of the "What If...Series," this booklet contains readings and activities which will help secondary students or adults learn about voting procedures and acquire effective coping skills. Specifically, the materials will provide students with a working knowledge of the rules, procedures, and requirements for voter registration. The materials are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility
Wallin, Katherine L.; Heinrichs, Audrey S. – 1978
Part of the "What If...Series," this booklet contains readings and activities which will help secondary and adult students learn about how to cast a ballot and acquire the skills necessary to do so. By using the materials, students will learn who may vote; the qualifications required for voting; how voting rights have been expanded by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility
Haynes, Melinda K. – 1979
Developed by the Nevada Competency-Based Adult High School Diploma (CBAHSD) Project, this teacher's guide accompanies a student handbook and ten curriculum guides which cover the following subjects: consumer education; environmental education; health; language arts; citizenship; American Government; United States History; mathematics; earth and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Biological Sciences, Citizenship Education
Nevada Univ., Las Vegas. Coll. of Education. – 1979
Developed by the Nevada Competency-Based Adult High School Diploma (CBAHSD) project, this student handbook accompanies a teacher's guide and ten curriculum guides which cover the following subjects: consumer education; environmental education; health; language arts; citizenship; American Government; United States History; mathematics; earth and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Biological Sciences, Citizenship Education
Wendel, Robert, Ed.; And Others
This series of seven booklets is designed to train teachers of adults in metrication, as a prerequisite to offering metrics in adult basic education and general educational development programs. The seven booklets provide a guide representing an integration of metric teaching methods and metric materials to place the adult in an active learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Nelson, Jack Jay – 1975
The report describes a study designed to follow up successful examinees of the General Educational Development (GED) test administered at McLennan Community College. The study's purpose was to determine the trends, traits, and effects of specific aspects related to their receipt of a high school equivalency certificate. Of the 1,065 successful…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Adult Students, Certification
