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Searched on Exact phrase of ADULT LITERACY in the index terms;.

Returned 17 results.

  1. How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education
    By Marilyn Gillespie, Judy Hofer, Karen Rowe, Cristine Smith, Marla Solomon; November 2003
    Description: This study examined how adult education teachers changed after participating in one of three different models of professional development (i.e., multi-session workshop, mentor teacher group, or practitioner...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34541 (100.00%)


  2. Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy. Volume 1. The Jossey-Bass Higher
    By John Comings, Barbara Garner, Cristine Smith; 2000
    Description: This book contains eight papers on adult learning and literacy. 'The Year 1998 in Review' (Fran Tracy-Mumford) examines educational legislation and policy and developments in adult education program development...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=31481 (100.00%)


  3. English Literacy Levels of the Early Care and Education Workforce: A Profile and Associations with Quality Care
    By Dan Bellm, Nancy Crowell, Joan Milford, Deborah Phillips, Marcy Whitebook, Joon Yong Jo; 2003
    Description: Contains 20 references. STCA0462 English Who Leaves? 2003 2003 Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=27006 (100.00%)


  4. A Decade of Family Literacy: Programs, Outcomes, and Future Prospects
    By Dianna Baycich, Nancy Padak, Connie Sapin; 2002
    Description: Contains 57 references. FCLT0048 Decade Information Series No. 389 2002 2002 ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=26875 (100.00%)


  5. Reading and Literacy in America
    By Educational Testing Service; Spring 2003
    Description: This issue describes the state of reading and literacy in the United States from kindergarten into adulthood. Data from a number of sources make it possible to draw a picture of literacy at all educational...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=27708 (100.00%)


  6. Immigrants and TANF: A Look at Immigrant Welfare Recipients in Three Cities
    By Karen C Tumlin, Wendy Zimmermann; October 2003
    Description: This paper examines immigrant participation in welfare, employment patterns and barriers among immigrant welfare recipients, and opportunities for and limits to enrollment in English as a Second Language...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=27850 (100.00%)


  7. Research-Based Principles for Adult Basic Education Reading Instruction
    By John Kruidenier; October 2002
    Description: This report describes the purpose of the Reading Research Working Group (RRWG), a panel of experts on adult reading research. The RRWG identifies and evaluates existing research related to adult literacy...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=27683 (100.00%)


  8. Reading and Adult English Language Learners: A Review of the Research
    By Rebecca Adams, Miriam Burt, Joy Kreeft Peyton; 2003
    Description: This paper presents practitioners, graduate students, researchers, and policy makers with information about what is known about how adult English language learners learn to read in English, what types...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=27743 (100.00%)


  9. Workplace Literacy: Reshaping the American Workforce: Adult Learning & Literacy.
    By U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy; May 01, 1992
    Description: The National Workplace Literacy Program forges dynamic partnerships among businesses, workers, and educators facilitating the transition from yesterday's work environment to tomorrow's. (Six appendices...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=14056 (100.00%)


  10. Head Start and Even Start: Greater Collaboration Needed on Measures of Adult Education and Literacy
    By United States General Accounting Office; March 01, 2002
    Description: This document examined whether Head Start and Even Start programs are substantially similar in key areas. National-level data on participants, services, and legislation were reviewed for both programs....
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=13967 (100.00%)


  11. Connecting Families and Work: Family Literacy Bridges the Gap.
    By National Center for Family Literacy; January 01, 2000
    Description: Noting that the need for basic skills education among the current labor force cannot be easily met by vocational training alone, this booklet presents the case for family literacy education to improve...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=14704 (100.00%)


  12. Why Women Chose to Participate in a Family Literacy Program and Factors that Contributed to the Program's Success.
    By Cheri Lynn Williams, Dianne Yaffe; September 01, 1998
    Description: Finds that the supportive environment of "women helping women" was the hallmark characteristic of a local Even Start family literacy program and that participants were not consciously thinking about family...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=16422 (100.00%)


  13. America 2000: An Education Strategy Sourcebook.
    By United States Department of Education; 1991
    Description: This "Sourcebook" is, in its own words, "a collection of documents that together offer a comprehensive description of America 2000." It contains: (1) remarks by the President at the presentation of the...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=16496 (100.00%)


  14. From the Margins to the Mainstream: An Action Agenda for Literacy.
    By National Coalition for Literacy; September 01, 2000
    Description: This report proposes a plan of action to help the United States meet its literacy challenges. Section 1 is a call to action that emphasizes the challenge posed by the 1993 National Adult Literacy Survey...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=3292 (100.00%)


  15. National Evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy program: Evidence from the Past and a Look to the Future.
    By Robert St. Pierre, United States Department of Education Planning and Evaluation Services; January 01, 1998
    Description: The final part of the report looks to the future and addresses issues of recent legislative changes, program quality, program institutionalization, the effect of welfare reform, and a trend toward improved...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=3021 (100.00%)


  16. English Literacy and Language Minorities in the United States.
    By Tsze Chan, Elizabeth Greenberg, Reynaldo F. Macias, David Rhodes; July 01, 2000
    Description: This study used data from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey to explore the English fluency and literacy of adult residents of the United States who were either born in other countries or were born...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=3003 (100.00%)


  17. Adult and Family Literacy: Current Research and Future Directions: A Workshop Summary .
    By National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; January 01, 2001
    Description: This report presents the results from a panel of experts who were convened to assess effective approaches to improving the literacy skills of low-literate adults and to determine the role of family literacy...
    http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=2967 (100.00%)


 
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