Where can I find more information on the  first study addressing the transitioning of high school students to ABE?

Bea

 

Beatriz B. Díaz, Ed. D.

District  Supervisor, Adult  ESOL Program

Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Division of Bilingual Education and World Languages

1500 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 324

Miami, FL 33132

Phone:  305  995-2982

Fax:       305  523-0099

E-mail: bdiaz at dadeschools.net

 

 

From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Miriam Burt
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:19 PM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2772] OVAE's Thursday Notes, attached

 

Hello, all.

 

Below is the Thursday Notes newsletter from OVAE for this week. Notice that all four articles  discuss projects or studies on the topic of  transitions or the development of higher level skills for adult learners. 

Best,

Miriam

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 Miriam Burt

Center for Applied Linguistics

4646 40th Street NW

Washington, DC 20016

(202) 362-0700,

(202) 363-7204 (fax) 

mburt at cal.org <mailto:mburt at cal.org>  (email)

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OVAE Studies Helping ELL Adults Earn

High School Diplomas

 

 

Learning English is no longer the only goal of instruction for many English language learners (ELLs).  OVAE has funded a new $1.1 million two-year project to identify instructional and programmatic techniques to move adults from English language learning (ELL) to adult basic education and high school completion programs.  OVAE will collect information at 10 local adult education programs in three states to document the implementation and effectiveness of this transition.  These programs will be identified by early January and data collection will begin shortly thereafter.  Synthesis of the information will help OVAE design its next steps to promote the transition of English language learners toward a broader education. 

 

 

New Mexico

Boosts Statewide

Transition Goals

New Mexico is making new efforts to increase the number of students transitioning from adult to postsecondary education.  The state has a new goal of increasing by 10 percent the number of students who set and achieve the goal of this transition during the current program year.  The state will set aside some federal adult education funds to reward programs for performance based on the transition goal. 

 

 

Delaware's WIA

Incentive Funds Identify

Transition Strategies

 

Delaware is using a portion of its incentive grant awarded under the Workforce Investment Act to identify strategies to help adult education students transition to college opportunities.  The state funded seven adult education programs to create practices helping students enter postsecondary education.  Promising practices included: touring colleges, providing specific counseling on college entry, accompanying students to applications offices, helping students investigate entrance exams, and ensuring that all instructors discuss postsecondary options during classes.   

 

 

What Is the Impact

Of Remedial Education?

A new study <http://www.nber.org/tmp/13281-w14194.pdf>  --

http://www.nber.org/tmp/13281-w14194.pdf <http://www.nber.org/tmp/13281-w14194.pdf>  --

 released by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that remedial education to boost college-level skills may not have long-term effects.  The research was based on an analysis of nearly 100,000 Florida students.  Researchers found that, while being assigned remedial courses may increase the total credits a student completes and odds that the student will return for a second year of college, this does not increase the completion of college-level credits or eventual degree completion. 

		 

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