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Cui, Jiashan; Natzke, Luke – National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
This report presents data on the early childhood care and education arrangements for children in the United States from birth through the age of 5 who were not yet enrolled in kindergarten by 2019. The report also presents data on selected family activities. These data represent circumstances before the implementation of coronavirus pandemic…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Young Children, Family Role
CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2006
This report is California's response to the four questions that the United States Department of Education (USDE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy, requires of all states and territories receiving federal funding from the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). The questions…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Learning Activities, Program Improvement, Civics
Creative Research Group, Ltd., Toronto (Ontario). – 1987
This document reports the results of a study of literacy in Canada conducted for the Southam News in 1987. During the study, 2,398 Canadians were surveyed to determine the levels of literacy they possessed and how they coped in society if they were illiterate. The research methodology is based on an assessment of literacy conducted in 1985 by the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Demography
Palmiter, Andrea S.; Arcaira, Erikson R.; White, Richard N.; Reisner, Elizabeth R. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2009
Since the 2003-04 school year, Save the Children, U.S. Programs, has supported programming designed to improve reading skills among struggling students in rural areas. The literacy program includes both afterschool and in-school interventions with small groups of children. These are implemented by well-trained paraprofessionals and are designed to…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Literacy Education
Wright, DeeAnn; And Others – 1994
This report presents information on selected activities that preprimary children engage in with family members, based on the 1991 and 1993 National Household Education Surveys. Focusing on parent-child activities found to facilitate the development of literacy skills and the motivation to learn, the report examines (1) the changes between 1991 and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Beginning Reading, Early Experience, Emergent Literacy
Ruetz, Nancy – 1996
This instructor's guide contains materials for a course designed to prepare employees for statistical process control (SPC) training given at their workplace by refreshing math skills and building the concepts and vocabulary necessary to understand SPC in manufacturing environments. SPC-Prep 1 addresses the math skills necessary to perform SPC…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Decimal Fractions
Baldwin, Harriet; And Others – 1984
Statistics representing social and economic conditions in 125 developed and developing countries with populations of more than one million are presented. The booklet presents a series of maps, charts, graphs and tables representing separate sections on life expectancy, adult literacy rate, population growth rate, gross national product per capita,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development