Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j4VEY5G08042; Tue, 31 May 2005 10:34:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 10:34:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <300BEB3101730B459922DE1D3B4AED8901A803DA@hobbes2.cal.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Lynda Terrill" <lterrill@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10893] Announcement from OVAE X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2199 Lines: 54 Dear listers, Below is an announcement from Cheryl Keenan, Director, Division of Adult Education and Literacy Office of Vocational and Adult Education Lynda Terrill NIFL-ESL moderator lterrill@cal.org ******* >From the US Department of ED, Office of Vocational and Adult Education: ************************************************************************ **** I would like to take this opportunity to announce the launching of the Adult Education Content Standards Warehouse. The American Institutes for Research (AIR) through a contract with the United States Department of Education operates the warehouse, a key feature of a National Leadership activity funded under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. The warehouse is located at: http://www.adultedcontentstandards.org. Information gathered though the warehouse is designed to help states progress in their development and alignment of content standards and plan for curriculum and professional development to implement standards-based education. Visitors to the warehouse will see a representative range of state content standards as well as nationally developed standards in the areas of English language acquisition (ELA), reading, and mathematics. The Web site lets you download an entire standards document, search across multiple standards for specific skills and knowledge, take a guided tour to see how the site can help in writing standards, and read about each standards document submitted for posting (for example). Also visit the warehouse for information about the other activities funded under this contract to promote program improvement through the adoption of state content standards. Fourteen states have been working, since October 2004, in two collaborative groups around the development and alignment of content standards for ELA and adult basic education programs. And AIR is producing a "how-to" guide for establishing standards-based adult education. The guide will be posted on the warehouse, later this summer. Cheryl Keenan Director, Division of Adult Education and Literacy Office of Vocational and Adult Education U.S. Department of Education 550 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20202-7240
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