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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
This document contains a congressional hearing on S.1016, which would provide financial assistance for the establishment and operation of Literacy Corps programs. (The Literacy Corps would enlist college students to tutor in reading and math for 6 hours per week in a 10-week semester). Testimony includes statements and prepared statements from…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, College Students, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
Consisting of testimony and prepared materials presented to a joint session of House and Senate subcommittees, this report deals with the problem of illiteracy in the United States. The report contains statements from Richard C. Anderson, director of the Center for the Study of Reading; Samuel L. Banks, president of the Association for the Study…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Role, Employer Attitudes, Government Role
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Adult Continuing Education Section. – 2000
This document is an official statement of the State of Maryland, outlining in detail the state's adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program standards. The standards are not specific instructional standards, but rather overall guidelines for identifying and improving major components of quality adult ESL programs. The document has three…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Literacy Education, Program Descriptions
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This document contains transcripts of testimony and written materials presented by four persons at a Congressional hearing on illiteracy. Testimony was given by Gerald L. Baliles, Governor of Virginia; James E. Duffy, vice president, Capital Cities/ABC; Karl O. Haigler, director of the Adult Literacy Initiative, U.S. Department of Education; and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Correctional Education
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Sacramento. – 1995
This report presents 26 staff development guidelines from California Code of Regulations Title 5, Sections 80680 through 80690.1: to define, implement, and make specific Chapter 1178, Statutes of 1994 (Senate Bill 1969, Hughes). The guidelines are for teachers working with English learners. Category 1, "Guidelines for the Content of Staff…
Descriptors: Course Content, Diversity (Student), Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Purton, Debbie – 2000
This document presents and discusses the 12 family literacy standards for family literacy programs in Saskatchewan, Canada, that were developed during a 2-year process by Saskatchewan's Family Literacy Best Practices committee. The document is: (1) an educational tool to develop greater understanding of effective literacy practices; (2) a program…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Stein, Sondra – 2000
This document presents the Equipped for the Future Framework (EFF) content standards that were developed over a 6-year period by hundreds of adult education practitioners, experts, and others nationwide to create a working consensus on what adults need to know and be able to do in the 21st century. Chapter 1 defines adult literacy for the 21st…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
