This document contains project abstracts for 29 adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) demonstration programs that were conducted in Pennsylvania in 1997-1998 through grants funded under Section 353 of the Adult Education Act. Each abstract includes the following: project name, number, purpose, impact, outcomes, conclusions/recommendations, project continuation and/or future implications, product(s); project director, and descriptors. Among the project topics are the following: school-to-work for adults; adult educators in the workplace; alternate high school diploma program; adult practitioner excellence; intercommunication support in adult education; building communities for learning; relative effectiveness of open entry/open exit classes and closed entry classes that require attendance; cooperative learning staff development; English-as-a-second-language institute; promising ABLE practices; from jail to job; Pennsylvania Action Research Network; Pennsylvania Adult Literacy Practitioner Inquiry Network; preparing adult educators for a "work first" instructional model necessitated by welfare reform; promoting student retention through student support groups; rural co-options for lifelong learning implementation; a special needs survey; statewide staff development regarding adults with learning differences; success stories from ABLE; technology in adult school-to-work; transmission of data through technology; comprehensive welfare-to-work model for adult literacy providers; and Pennsylvania's Adult Basic and Literacy Education Professional Development Newsletter. (MN)