This booklet of information and accompanying reading selections are intended to help a tutor get started with a new adult learner. The booklet does not provide suggestions for teaching strategies, but rather discusses conducting the initial assessment of learners, observing the student reading, categorizing the students into one of three stages, and assessing students at the three stages of learning. The booklet contains a student interview form. An appendix describes how to determine readability levels of reading passages. Assessment sheets for each of the three stages of learning are attached. (RS)