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BK-1 Guide to US Department of Education Programs 2007
Provides an overview of U.S. Department of Education programs authorized and funded under federal law.
BK-2 Key Concepts and Features of the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Describes the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) key features and data types. This publication covers the critical concepts and features carried over from the 1992 assessment, as well as those new to the 2003 assessment. By providing an overall picture of important goals and aspects of the 2003 NAAL, this publication provides a context for interpreting the results
BK-3 Literacy Behind Prison Walls
The literacy levels of prisoners, by population and offense groups, with comparisons to demographically similar adults not in prison.
BK-4 Literacy of Older Adults in America
This report examines the literacy proficiencies of older adults in this country, defined as persons age 60 and over.
BK-5 NAAL: First Look at the Literacy of America’s Adults in the 21st Century
The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) measures the English literacy of America's adults (people age 16 and older living in households and prisons). NAAL builds on the previous national assessment of literacy completed in 1992.
BK-6 The Health Literacy of American Adult: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
The Health Literacy of America’s Adults is the first release of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) health literacy results. The results are based on assessment tasks designed specifically to measure the health literacy of adults living in the United States. Health literacy was reported using four performance levels: Below Basic, Basic, Intermediate, and Proficient.
BK-7 Status Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Examines the educational progress and challenges that racial and ethnic minorities face in the United States. This report shows that over time larger numbers of minorities have completed high school and continued their education in college. Though minorities in general have made strides in educational achievement over the past few decades, this report shows that some groups continue to lag behind others in certain area.
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BK-8 Reflections: A Collection of Essays by Florida’s Adult Learners (2009)
This is a book original short stories, poems and autobiographical narratives written by adult learners. The goal of this book is to encourage students to build confidence while improving their reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, and to provide recognition for the efforts of ongoing education.
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BK-9 Equipped for Future Content Standards: What Adults Need to Know and be able to do in the 21st Century
Describes Equipped for the Future (EFF), a National Institute for Literacy program that focuses teaching and learning on meeting the real-world needs of students. This book summarizes the goals of EFF; provides a history of EFF research; presents the EFF Content Standards; gives examples of how teachers can use the EFF framework; and shows how EFF is part of a broader movement for educational reform.
BK-10 Vocational Education Practices That Support Welfare Reform
Documents the practices of vocational education programs that support welfare reform by preparing individuals for workforce entry that leads to job retention and advancement and hence to self-sufficiency. This compendium provides federal, state, and local decision makers with information about vocational education's contribution to effective workforce preparation.
BK-11 Participation in Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons
Provides general findings from the Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons (AEWR) survey of the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES). This publication explains that adults were asked about their work-related educational activities and experiences over the previous 12-month period. The survey defined work-related activities in terms of formal and informal learning activities that are done for reasons related to work.
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BK-12 Applying research in Reading Instruction for Adults: First Steps for Teachers
Provides an introduction to research-based principles of reading instruction for instructors in adult education and literacy classes. This volume begins by building background knowledge of important concepts and principles and then suggests practical ways to apply research recommendations to the adult learning setting. |
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BK-13 Mobilizing Evidence-Based Character Education
Offers strategies for working with external evaluators and key stakeholders in planning and implementing a scientifically sound evaluation. |
BK-14 Literacy in Everyday Life: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Describes how adults use written information in workplace, family, and community settings, as well as the relationship between literacy and formal education.
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BK-15 Research-Based Principles for Adult Basic Education Reading Instruction
This resource presents a number of principles for adult literacy practitioners and programs that have been derived from research funded by the NIFL and the NCSALL. It is designed to serve two primary audiences: educators and policy makers who make decisions about the content of adult basic education reading instruction and researchers eager to identify new avenues of study to add to our understanding of this field. |
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BK-16 Success Factors in Achieving High Adult Learners
This publication is a collection of adult learner experiences coupled with research in adult learning persistence, created by the Florida Literacy Coalition with support from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
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BK-17 The State of Literacy in America: Estimates at the Local, Date and National Levels
This document presents synthesized estimates of the rates of level 1 literacy by congressional district in the 50 states and District of Columbia. The estimates are extrapolations of the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) that were based on the findings of approximately 26,000 interviews.
BK-18 Programs for Adult in Public Library Outlets
This report is based on a survey conducted in fall 2000 by NCES using its Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), the survey defined "programs" as planned activities for groups or individuals that are offered by libraries to provide information, instruction, or cultural enrichment.
BK-19 2002 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Describes the 2002 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) and the 2002 Statewide Assessment of Adult Literacy (SAAL) as snapshots of America's progress, since 1992, in becoming a nation of literate adults. This brochure outlines specific goals and possible uses of each assessment and explains how states can register to participate in SAAL.
BK-20 QEd: Scientific Evidence for Adult Literacy Educators
QEd will bring you ideas and information from the expanding scientific research base on how adults learn to read. This first issue tells the story of how researchers are using the high quality, scientific standards that adult literacy deserves and demands.
BK-21 Understanding Your Basic Rights and Responsibilities
An implementation guide for adult education teachers and literacy tutors on utilizing local attorneys as resource speakers in adult education/literacy curriculum
BK-22 Outstanding Results: Tomorrow’s Challenge
This book profiles the achievements and best practices of 10 outstanding adult education and literacy education programs in nine states that received the 1998-99 Secretary's Awards from U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley. The programs were selected from 35 nominated programs using the following criteria: program design, instructional design, learning environment, professional development, achievement of learner goals, and program standards and evaluation.
BK-23 Adult Basic Education to Community College Transition Symposium Proceedings Report
Recaps an Office of Vocational and Adult Education-sponsored Adult Basic Education (ABE) to Community College Transitions Symposium held in Washington DC on September 14, 2006. This publication provides an edited transcript of two roundtable discussions, followed by a brief summary of the discussions and concluding remarks. The first roundtable focused on challenges faced by ABE programs in promoting transitions to community colleges and identified student, organizational, and policy challenges. The second roundtable focused on organizational and academic approaches to making ABE more successful in promoting college transitions. |
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BK-24 A Practitioner’s Guide to Adults with Learning Disabilities
Guide developed by the Practitioner’s Taskforce on Adults with Learning Disabilities |
BK-25 The Effect of Family Literacy Intervention on Children’s Acquisition of Reading (K-3)
Reviews the scientific literature on parent involvement in the acquisition of literacy from kindergarten to the third grade. This report narrowly defines parent involvement in literacy acquisition to include parent-child activities that focus on reading.
BK-26 Family Literacy: An Annotated Bibliography
Provides documents summarizing writings and research on family literacy and on topics directly relevant to family literacy programs. Geared toward program staff, researchers, community leaders, and policymakers, this publication covers topics in the areas of conceptual issues, studies related to family literacy programs and practices, program development, assessment, and curriculum and instruction. It also includes topics that have implications for family literacy, including emergent literacy, adult literacy, parent-child interaction, and intergenerational programs.
BK-27 National Evaluation Of The Even Start Family Literacy Program: 1994-1997: Final Report
Reports results of the second national evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, a 4-year effort designed to describe types of Even Start projects that were funded, the services provided, the collaborative efforts undertaken, and obstacles to implementation that were encountered. This report discusses the effects on children, parent literacy, parenting skills, and family life.
BK-28 Getting started in Adult Literacy
Booklet developed by the Florida Literacy Coalition to provide potential literacy programs with an introduction to key concepts and program components to consider when starting or building a literacy initiative.
BK-29 Literacy is Good Business
BK-30 Reducing the Waiting Lists in Adult Education and Literacy Programs
ProLiteracy worked with twenty-three adult education and literacy programs to identify promising practices that help reduce student waiting lists.
BK-31 Increasing Intensity of Instruction in Volunteer-Based Literacy Programs
With the help of a grant from The UPS Foundation, ProLiteracy worked with three pilot sites during 2004-2006 to identify promising practices that would result in increasing intensity of instruction. One of the most effective practices was the use of short-term mini-courses students could take in addition to their core instruction.
BK-32 Program Administrator’s Sourcebook
The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) has conducted research relevant to these questions. This Sourcebook is designed to give you, as a program administrator, direct access to research that may help you address the challenges you face in your job.
BK-33 Creating Authentic Materials and Activities for the Adult Literacy Classroom
Based on the findings of NCSALL's Literacy Practices of Adult Learners study, this book is an introduction to providing literacy instruction based upon the literacy needs and interests learners have outside of the classroom.
BK-34 Listening Review for ESOL
Teaching Guide and Answer Key created by Irene Vetter through the Pinellas County School System, is an excellent learning tool for ESOL students. It is geared towards improving CASAS skills. It is no longer available on CD.
BK-35 Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants
USCIS offers a comprehensive guide containing practical information to help immigrants settle into everyday life in the United States, as well as basic civics information that introduces new immigrants to the U.S. system of government.
BK-36 Applying for a Job—Student Guide
BK-37 On the Job!—Student Guide
BK-38 Job Changes—Student Guide
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Focus on the Basics--is the quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. It presents best practices, current research on adult learning and literacy, and how research is used by adult basic education teachers, counselors, program administrators, and policy makers. Focus on Basics is dedicated to connecting research with practice, to connecting teachers with research and researchers with the reality of the classroom, and by doing so, making adult basic education research more relevant to the field.
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BK-39 Counseling
BK-40 Workplace Education
BK-41 Curriculum Development
BK-42 Modes of Delivery
BK-43 Transitions
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BK-44 Corrections Education
BK-45 Youth in ABE Programs
BK-46 Learners’ Experiences
BK-47 'Isms
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BK-48 Literacy News
This newsletter is created and published by the State Literacy Resource Center hosted by the Florida Literacy Coalition. It provides information and resources on a wide range of adult education and literacy topics.
BK-49 Bilingual Clip Sheets
The BOCES Geneseo Migrant Center has developed a number of clipsheets featuring important informational topics for recent immigrants and adult learners. These sheets are available in English and Spanish and are written for low-level readers. Sheets in the following topics are available:
Careers-includes a clip sheet featuring information on each of the following career paths: auto mechanics, bilingual careers, construction work, computer work, daycare providers, nursing, and teaching, among several other job niches.
Job Search—includes a clipsheet featuring information on the steps necessary to find a job from getting references to keeping a job. Kit contains a total of 11 clip sheets on job search topics.
Health—includes information on basic health practices and preventions from a breast self-examination to the effects of pesticides on people. Kit contains a total of 15 clip sheets on living a healthy life.
Survival Skills—provides clip sheet with great information for recent immigrants on information like looking for housing, Social Security and driving responsibly in the United States. Kit contains a total of 8 clip sheets on important survival skills for people new to the United States.
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