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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
McCullough, K. Owen – 1991
There are several sides to the debate between adult basic education administrators and teachers concerning the practice of defining literacy by, and dividing adult education programs into, grade levels. Some believe that grade levels are irrelevant or demeaning to typical adult job requirements. Others believe that numerical scores derived by…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
