The Issue: Adult Literacy Assessment. ERIC Digest.

Metz, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: ED310369

Record Type: Non-Journal

Publication Date: 1989-Oct

Pages: 4

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The Issue: Adult Literacy Assessment. ERIC Digest.

Metz, Elizabeth

Intended to help adult education teachers and administrators select the type of adult literacy program that works best for their students, this digest surveys nine different programs and discusses the assessment methods used for each program. The programs examined are: (1) Time to Read; (2) Center for Literacy program; (3) Federal Prison System program; (4) Project: LEARN; (5) City University of New York Adult Literacy program; (6) Greece Central School District Continuing Education program; (7) CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System); (8) Literacy Volunteers of America-Danbury, Connecticut program; and (9) California Literacy Campaign. (NKA)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Evaluation Methods, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Reading Tests

Publication Type: ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.

Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Bloomington, IN.

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