Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection
Explore a collection of 838 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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Unlocking the Gate: What We Know About Improving Developmental Education
2011
This analysis focuses on four different types of interventions for improving students’ progress through remedial education and into college-level courses, including (1) strategies that help students avoid developmental education by shoring up their skills before they enter college; (2) interventions that accelerate students’ progress through developmental education by shortening the timing or content of their courses; (3) programs that provide contextualized basic skills together with occupational or college-content coursework; and (4) programs that enhance the supports for developmental le
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What Works: BridgeConnect Stories from the Field
2011
The resources in this section contain both evidence-based research and practice-based materials that can help guide the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of ACP programs.
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Adult Education Coordination and Planning (AECAP) Guide for State Leaders
2010
This guide provides a framework and recommendations to assist adult education practitioners in coordinating and facilitating partnerships, implementing strategies in planning for systems improvement, and using innovative practices and activities.
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Aiming Higher: Removing Barriers to Education, Training and Jobs for Low-Income Women
2010
This 20-page report uses statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Women’s Economic Security Campaign (WESC) programs in four areas of the United States to suggest improvements to policies that would provide low-income women with opportunities to gain the education and/or job training needed to secure family-supporting jobs.
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Assembly for ESL
2010
This resource supports the teaching of specific education and training content that can be implemented by classroom instructors in the context of a particular career cluster.
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Back to School: A Guide to Continuing Your Education after Prison
2010
The Back to School reentry guide, funded and revised in 2010 by the U.S. Department of Education, is intended to assist adults in state prison planning to pursue or continue their education after release.
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Breaking Through: Contextualization Toolkit
2010
This toolkit, a companion piece to the Breaking Through Practice Guide, provides educators with resources and strategies to help low-skilled adults through the use of contextualized learning.
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Changing the Odds: Informing Policy with Research on How Adult Learners Succeed
2010
This report summarizes a 2009 symposium hosted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) whose purpose was to explore and identify promising program practices and models in adult education in light of changing demographics and economic conditions.
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Commercial Drivers License: Intermediate ESL
2010
This resource supports the teaching of specific education and training content that can be implemented by classroom instructors in the context of a particular career cluster.
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