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ERIC Number: EJ748092
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 18
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-231X
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Last Chance Gulch: Youth Participation in Urban Adult Basic Education Programs
Perin, Dolores; Flugman, Bert; Spiegel, Seymour
Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educational Planning, v16 n3 p171-188 Fall 2006
In a case study of four urban adult basic education programs in a northeastern state, large increases in the participation of 16- to 20-year-old students were found. Many of these students were reading below the fifth-grade level despite aspiring to the General Education Development (GED) diploma. Reasons for youth participation included increased high school graduation standards, high school adjustment difficulties, pregnancy, poverty, court referral, misperceptions of the GED, preference for an adult environment, and program marketing. Low retention and GED attainment rates were reported by staff. Attempts to serve this vulnerable population included segregating classes by age, providing individualized assistance in class, offering computer-based practice, and hiring teachers who had experience with students with special education or correctional backgrounds. The findings suggest that the ABE programs were poorly equipped to assist urban youth in their attempts to complete secondary education. (Contains 3 notes.)
Commission on Adult Basic Education. 1320 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210. Tel: 315-422-9121; Web site: http://www.coabe.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Basic Education; High School Equivalency Programs
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Language: English
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