[Assessment 920] Commission Releases Family Literacy PaperGail Spangenberg gspangenberg at caalusa.orgSat Sep 8 10:43:21 EDT 2007
September 8, 2007, New York, NY -- The National Commission on Adult Literacy has released a new paper, this one by Tony Peyton of the National Center for Family Literacy. Titled FAMILY LITERACY IN ADULT EDUCATION: The Federal and State Support Role, this special perspectives paper (15 pages) was prepared for the August 20 meeting of the Commission. The paper contains an Executive Summary and four major sections: (1) Making the Case: Why Provide Family Literacy Services; (2) Federal Support for Family Literacy; (3) Examples of State Family Literacy Initiatives; and (4) Issues & Recommendations. Among the five recommendations made by the author is that serious national and state attention should be given to the collection of comparable data about family literacy services, program types, funding, legislative provisions, and enrollments across the states, as well as research to fully demonstrate program outcomes. The paper is available at http://www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/ pandp.html. Gail Spangenberg President Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 46th Fl New York, NY 10020 212-512-2362, F: 212-512-2610 www.caalusa.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/assessment/attachments/20070908/4fc73fa7/attachment.html
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