Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018

2010
This report projects education requirements linked to forecasted job growth by state and the District of Columbia, from 2008 through 2018.
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Building Pathways to Success for Low-Skill Adult Students: Lessons for Community College Policy and Practice from a Longitudinal Student Tracking Study

2005
This report is based on a first-of-its-kind study of the progress and outcomes of low-skill adults in community colleges.
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Professional Development Coordinator Competencies and Sample Indicators for Adult Educators Project

2002
This publication outlines skills, competencies, and knowledge bases that are critical for professional development coordinators.
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Adult Educators

What Is Dysgraphia?

2006
This article talks about writing disabilities also known as dysgraphia. It indicates that learners having trouble with written expression will benefit from instructional accommodations and remediation to improve their writing skills.
Professional Developers
Adult Educators

Teaching Adults to Read

2012
This booklet summarizes the emerging principles and trends in adult reading instruction identified in a report of the Reading Research Working Group: ResearchBased Principles for Adult Basic Education Reading Instruction.This group of adult education and reading experts was established by the National Institute for Literacy and co-sponsored by the National Center for the Study of Adult...
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The Labor Force Behaviors, Labor Market Experiences, and Labor Market Outcomes of the Nation’s Adults with No Post-Secondary Education, 2000-2010: Differences in Outcomes Between High School Dropouts, GED Holders, and High School Graduates

2012
This resource analyzes the financial outcomes of several socioeconomic groups: high school dropouts, GED holders, and high scohol graduates.
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What Community College Developmental Mathematics Students Understand about Mathematics

2010
Carnegie Senior Partner Jim Stigler and colleagues Karen B. Givvin and Belinda J. Thompson from the University of California, Los Angeles were commissioned by Carnegie to investigate what community college developmental mathematics students understand about mathematics and how we might help turn around the alarming statistics that show that an enormous number of those students drop out...
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Adult Educators
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NEFE Financial Workshop Kits

2012
The National Foundation for Financial Education (NEFE) provides Financial Workshop Kits on their website: http://www.financialworkshopkits.org/. The workshop kits, which include tools and resources, are intended to help instructors effectively teach money management skills.
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Adult Educators
Professional Developers

The Relationship Between Literacy Proficiency and The Digital Divide Among Adults with Low Education Attainment

2008
This is a technical report from The Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning (LSAL). This report gives information on one subset of the Digital Divide.
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Adult Numeracy Demand and Provision in Adult Numeracy: A Reader

2011
This report provides an overview of issues related to the provision of numeracy instruction to adult learners in the United States and offers suggestions on how to improve that instruction.
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