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[Assessment 679] New study: "Adult Education in America"Marie Cora marie.cora at hotspurpartners.comFri Mar 2 13:00:40 EST 2007
Colleagues: The following information comes from Jackie Taylor, Moderator of the Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List (subscribe at: http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Professionaldevelopment) Marie Cora Assessment Discussion List Moderator ****** Below is information on a new study from the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), the Educational Testing Services (ETS), and the National Center for Education Statistics. >From OVAE's "Thursday Notes:" Adult Education in America, a new study funded by OVAE, was released by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) February 27, providing a comprehensive picture of federally supported adult education activities in the U.S. Data from more than 6,000 adult learners in 1,200 programs nationwide revealed that a large share of learners demonstrated skills in the lowest level on proficiency scales. This is the first nationally representative study of learners and programs using comparable measures to assess participants' literacy and numeracy skills. The survey is the first allowing researchers to compare adult education students' skills to those of the general adult population. The study also marks the first time a large-scale measure of literacy skills was conducted in both Spanish and English. An interactive data tool also is available. Get the study and tool at http://www.ets.org Abstract and Full Report of the Adult Education Program Survey (AEPS): <http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c39 21509/?vgnextoid=f52a51bf36dd0110VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel= 6773e3b5f64f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD> http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c392 1509/?vgnextoid=f52a51bf36dd0110VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=6 773e3b5f64f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD Or try: <http://tinyurl.com/3y8ps7> http://tinyurl.com/3y8ps7 Literacy Tool from ETS: <http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c39 21509/?vgnextoid=249eaf5e44df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel= 6773e3b5f64f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD> http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c392 1509/?vgnextoid=249eaf5e44df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=6 773e3b5f64f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD Or try: <http://tinyurl.com/yt2lg3> http://tinyurl.com/yt2lg3 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/assessment/attachments/20070302/c8a6430f/attachment.html
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