Getting Reading Results in the Classroom: What Research Tells Us

2010
This webcast disseminates research findings from several five-year research projects investigating the development of literacy skills in adults enrolled in Adult Basic and Secondary Education classrooms.
Administrators and Program Managers
Professional Developers
Adult Educators

Literacy and Health in America

2004

This resource looks at literacy and health in America.

Connecting Literacy, Learning & Work

2008
This book is an accessible and comprehensive resource that offers theoretical background, rationale, insight into, and considerations for developing an educational program that links literacy and work in a meaningful way for students.
Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators

Adults with Basic and Below Basic Literacy Levels: Findings from the NAAL and Implications for Practice

2006
A transcript of this resource is available under the webcast screen. https://neces.ed.gov/naal/index.asp
Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators
Policymakers
Professional Developers
State Leaders

Business Results Through Essential Skills and Literacy

2009
This guidebook is a result of partnerships between numerous companies, literacy agencies, and trade associations involved with manufacturing and exports in Canada. It can be used by businesses or literacy providers to develop assessments of the essential skills needed in the workplace to improve or maintain the skills necessary to stay competitive.
Adult Educators

Building on Foundations for Success: Guidelines for Improving Adult Mathematics Instruction

2011
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Administrators and Program Managers
Professional Developers
Policymakers
Adult Educators
State Leaders

Literacy, Learning, and Health: Research Report

2008

This research report summarizes findings related to literacy, learning, and health.

Building Effective Green Energy Programs in Community Colleges

2010
This paper released in May 2010 by the Workforce Strategy Center summarizes findings from their staff investigating the skills needed for low-income, low- skilled people to obtain green energy jobs.
Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators

The Breaking Through Practice Guide

2010
This guide is a compilation of practices developed and implemented by community colleges involved in the Breaking Through initiative from 2005 through 2008.
Adult Educators