In August 1984, Northern Nevada Community College (NNCC) began a project to develop a practical plan for a program in personal literacy to be incorporated into its Adult Basic Education Program. The first months of the project were spent in structuring the test model, developing intake procedures, research, interagency networking, and coordinating…

Four rural communities in northern Maine were the setting for a pilot program in Indian adult education that featured a new kind of instructional model. Developed by the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO), it featured peer instruction, strict performance orientation, and insistance on mastery of certain skills. A HumRRO representative…