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Download full textNational Association of State Boards of Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1986
This report contains two sections: a summary of a conference on state literacy initiatives including the agenda and list of participants, and a series of profiles of the literacy efforts of individual states. The four issues identified and discussed at the meeting were (1) development of state initiatives; (2) coordination and expansion of state…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Shelton, Elaine – 1983
Although competency-based adult education (CBAE) has been practiced by teachers for centuries, the term was defined more fully and formal programs were developed around 1971. One of the prime forces in the growth of CBAE was the Adult Performance Level (APL) project at the University of Texas, a project that defined CBAE and produced suggested…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education
Dougherty, Barbara, Ed.; Novak, Jan, Ed. – 1982
This publication describes basic skills improvement programs and activities ongoing throughout the United States. The guide is organized into two sections. The first section contains program descriptions and hands-on materials from 25 elementary and secondary programs across the nation that have been selected for inclusion in the National…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Educational Resources
Gaul, Patricia Reitz – 1982
This special demonstration project was undertaken to field test and disseminate a curriculum entitled Emergency English for Refugees (EER). Designed to meet the immediate English language needs of pre- and non-literate adult refugees and immigrants, the EER is a 26-unit competency-based English-as-a-second-language (ESL) curriculum that deals with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Louisiana Department of Education, 2006
The Louisiana Literacy Plan is designed to address the learning needs of all students in grades PK-Adult Education in order to improve the literacy rates of students in the state, thereby developing a more literate and capable citizenry for the future. Connecting this plan to the No Child Left Behind Act, Louisiana seeks to close the achievement…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Professional Development, Literacy Education, State Programs
Dougherty, Barbara, Ed.; Novak, Jan, Ed. – 1982
This publication presents information on 53 basic skills programs in Wisconsin that were identified as successful by the planning committee for the Governor's Conference on Basic Skills. Programs focus on mathematics, reading, writing, computer-assisted instruction, basic skills approaches, learning centers, career education, adult literacy,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Oriented Programs
Leopold, Joan Y.; Anstine, Carolyn G.; Greene, Margaret P. – 1983
A project was undertaken to develop a realistic survival skills curriculum in language arts for adult basic education (ABE) students that could be used with predischarge residents in institutions for mentally ill individuals in Pennsylvania. After identifying 28 predischarge residents at the Harrisburg State Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives
