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Direct linkZiegler, Mary; Ebert, Olga; Cope, Gail – Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educational Planning, 2004
Welfare reform legislation in Tennessee provided adult basic education classes for welfare recipients whose literacy skills were below ninth grade. Although more than half of those eligible enrolled in adult basic education, many dropped out. The Completion Bonus, a cash incentive program, was instituted to encourage the completion of education…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients, Literacy
