Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection
Explore a collection of 748 high-quality multimedia instructional resources, informed by research, for use by adult educators. These resources have been reviewed by subject matter experts and recommended and approved by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy. Search the collection by category, keyword, date and more.
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Breaking Through: Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and Careers
2004
This study, funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation can be used by community college administrators, practitioners in adult education, workforce development and occupational and technical credit programs as a guide to creating and maintaining strategies that create pathways for low-skilled adults to obtain certificates and degrees.
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Correctional Education as a Crime Control Program
2004
This study compares the cost-effectiveness of these two crime control methods - educating prisoners and expanding prisons. One million dollars spent on correctional education prevents about 600 crimes, while that same money invested in incarceration prevents 350 crimes. Correctional education is almost twice as cost-effective as a crime control policy.
Policymakers
State Leaders
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Program Improvement: Using the Equipped for the Future Approach to Quality
2004
Equipped for the Future (EFF) is a standards-based approach to reform in the adult literacy education system. This handbook is designed to help community-based organizations that provide adult education to improve their program quality. The handbook identifies four phases of program improvement and includes tools and other resources to support the process.
Administrators and Program Managers
Professional Developers
Policymakers
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