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    College and Career Standards For Adult Education Thumbnail College and Career Standards For Adult Education
    Adult College Completion Tool Kit PDF Cover Thumbnail The Adult College Completion Tool Kit
    This kit is designed to connect state administrators and local practitioners to the tools resulting from the Department's work.
    ASRP PDF Cover Thumbnail ASRP provides research-based assessment strategies to improve reading instruction for Adult Basic Education (ABE) and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) learners.
    Building on Foundations for Success PDF Cover Thumbnail Building on Foundations for Success: Guidelines for Improving Adult Mathematics Instruction, Final Report
    (1.25MB PDF)
    Improving Adult Literacy Instruction Thumbnail Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research
    Archived webcast of the committee members and national thought leaders responding to the report.
    Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling PDF Cover Thumbnail Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling: An Adult Reading Course of Study
    Policy to Performance: State ABE Transition Systems Report PDF Cover Thumbnail This report shares key elements of state ABE transition system planning, and provides examples of strategies used to implement ABE transition policies.
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OVAE's America's Literacy Directory allows students to locate adult education, child, and family literacy services in their local area. Search the directory of programs and other websites for students.

Information About Family Literacy and Early Learning

LINCS provides access to a number of resources that will help both parents and early childhood and childhood educators learn strategies, identify needed skills, and understand the evidence base.  More Information Here