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Houston READ Commission, TX. – 1989
This document describes 12 literacy programs operated in Houston under the auspices of the Houston READ commission, which is funded by corporate, foundation, and federal sources and serves disadvantaged adults with minimal literacy skills. For each program the sponsors and purpose are described, as well as program and student progress made, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Centers
Carlisle, Robert D. B. – Public Telecommunications Review, 1979
Chronicles the development and promise for the future of ThinkAbout, the first step in AIT's effort to embody "Skills Essential to Learning" in televised instruction. The series will debut in fifth- and sixth-grade classrooms in September and is funded by 35 states and Canadian provinces, CPB, and Exxon. (Author/CMV)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Financial Support
Arkansas River Education Service Cooperative, Pine Bluff. – 1990
A project was conducted to develop an integrated basic skills instructional program in an education service cooperative to serve grades 7-12 vocational students in 13 rural school districts in Arkansas (Grant and Jefferson counties) as a follow-up to the vocational assessment process. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) chose the Arkansas…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development
Download full textEducation Week, 1993
Six articles by Lynn Olson, published in various issues of "Education Week" starting in January 1993 and ending May 1995, describe a Maryland project to improve elementary education in the State: (1) "Winning NASDC (New American Schools Development Corporation) Project Takes Flight" (the basic skills children need to succeed in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
Students of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District who had been in first through sixth grade and had been retained at some point in their school careers were eligible to attend the 1982 summer school for retainees. A total of 1,193 students were enrolled for at least part of the summer school, with a 94 percent attendance rate for the days…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBond, Jean – Educational Review, 1982
Describes a pilot project for pupil tutoring in which six "persistent truants" (aged 15 plus) were placed in a primary school to tutor 12 children ages five through eight who had been identified as "slow learners" by their teacher. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Rearing, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Bixler, Brett; Spotts, John – 1993
Growing interest in adult literacy has encouraged research and innovative programming in the field. This paper examines several pieces of software created by the Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy at Pennsylvania State University and explains their underlying conceptual foundations and the integration of visual materials. The Penn State…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
Link, 1991
These three newsletter issues describe what pilot sites sponsored by the State Vocational Education Consortium are doing to improve the academic competencies for general and vocational students. The first issue summarizes the activities occurring in pilot sites, including establishing higher expectations for general and vocational students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Basic Skills, Black Students
Adams, Patricia; And Others – 1987
This document describes a demonstration pilot project that brought Washington's North Seattle Community College (NSCC) instructors together with the staff training office of the City of Seattle. With a 310 grant, the NSCC Adult Education Division offered a successful basic skills course on-site for City of Seattle employees. The procedural guide…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Competence
Shefrin, Carol; Shafer, Dehra; Forlizzi, Lori – 2000
The Assessment Tools for Adult Education project was designed to provide training and support to staff of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) funded programs to help them use assessment tools and procedures to document the learning gains of the adult students they serve. The following candidate assessment…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Zanoni, Candido P. – 1980
Efforts of the General College of the University of Minnesota to increase student retention during the 1979-80 academic year are described. The target groups were high-risk students, especially representatives of minority groups from traditionally nonacademic populations. The college mounted a pilot education program (PEP) comprising three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Basic Skills
Romano, Joan L.; Garfield, Joan B. – 1980
An end-of-year evaluation of the 1979-80 University of Minnesota's General College (GC) Pilot Education Program (PEP) for academically underprepared minority group students is presented. The results show that compared to other GC students, the PEP students came to the college with weaker academic skills, and had different personal characteristics.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Basic Skills
Hansen, Evelyn Unes – 1980
As part of the General College of the University of Minnesota's Pilot Education Program (PEP) (1979-80) for academically underprepared minority group students, background information is presented about the development of the Chicano/Latino PEP package, the way that the Chicano/Latino team functioned; the nature, content, and teaching methods; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College Attendance
Smeaton, Barry; Hughes, Maria; Hall, Graeme – 2002
The United Kingdom's Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA), UK SKILLS, and the Further Education Skills Competition Council conducted a collaborative action research project to improve students' vocational learning and skills through enhanced learning experiences. From February 2001 to April 2002, three further education colleges worked to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Case Studies
North Carolina Community Coll. System, Raleigh. – 2001
This report contains descriptions of 34 best practices of North Carolina high school/community college Tech Prep (TP) consortia from a 2000 review. All consortia were allowed to choose their best effort or accomplishment completed or in operation at the end of 1999-2000. Among the practices described were: a comprehensive career development…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Apprenticeships, Basic Skills, Career Academies
