Adult basic education and General Educational Development programs have a vital and decisive role to play in educating exoffenders. Such programs have proven financial and social cost effectiveness. (SK)

According to 422 responses from 840 adult basic education teachers, (1) they perceive formal testing effective in fulfilling planned functions; (2) its chief problems are students' affective responses and discrimination against special learning needs; and (3) teacher background variables were not related to responses, that is, advanced education…

Discusses the National Literacy Mission (NLM) launched in 1988 in India. Notes the barriers to successful campaigns for literacy in India. Describes the reasons for the particularly successful campaign in the state of Kerala, including the fact that it was in every sense a people's campaign. (SR)

Moore describes the use of photos to develop visual literacy in parents of children with special needs. Fowler and Rigg use the same ideas in a general adult education setting. (SK)

Suggests that the inclusion of learners with specific learning disabilities into mainstream literacy classes to the detriment of all students and frustration of teachers is a burgeoning issue. Describes the flexible course provision provided in a highly successful adult basic-education intervention program. (JOW)

Responds to an earlier article that discusses six new "literacy crises." Raises the question of how the "dialectic," as described by Freebody, relates to Street's (1984, 1992) autonomous/ideological models of literacy. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education) (Author/VWL)

The issue of calculator use in the Adult Basic Education/General Education Delivery (GED) classroom has arisen because of a recommendation that calculators be permitted on the mathematics part of the GED test. Teachers and supervisors are challenged to make calculator use enhance mathematics education. (JOW)

Outlines models of correctional education in the last 3 decades: (1) adult basic education, General Educational Development preparation and vocational education (1970s-1980s); (2) addition of functional competency and job preparation (1980s-1990s); (3) addition of special reading techniques and inmate tutors (mid-late 1990s); and (4) addition of…

Examines the nature and effects of predominant understandings or formulations of the relationship between literacy and work. Evaluates what workplace literacy programs have typically been designed to do. Discusses possible ways for future programs to create real opportunities for all participants to be truly involved in the process of workplace…

This annual report contains postsecondary data that has been collected and analyzed using the New Mexico Higher Education Department's Data Editing and Reporting (DEAR) database, unless otherwise noted. The purpose of the DEAR system is to increase the reliability in the data and to make more efficient efforts by institutions and the New Mexico…

On February 5, 2008, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the final rules implementing changes in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA). While these rules do not affect the overall statutory limitations on counting education and training toward the…

New research shows that adults with the lowest literacy and numeracy skills are likely to have experienced substantial disadvantage from early childhood. As the journeys of many adult learners attest, education can transform opportunity. What is more likely to motivate them to take up an educational offer is a life course transition or a new…

This reports synthesizes the research literature on the challenges facing adult learners in higher education today and emerging strategies for increasing the number of adults over 24 who earn college credentials and degrees. This synthesis is meant to provide perspectives on key issues facing adults as more and more of them see the need for higher…

In this article, the author sets out something of the vision in the Government consultation paper, "Delivering World Class Skills in a Demand-led System," and looks at how this is likely to play out for adult learners. The contention of Leitch is that there is a supply-led system in education and training. The Government has planned…

This chapter focuses on the role of online educators as mentors and addresses the potential impact of a mentoring relationship on the development and persistence of adult learners in the online medium.