Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

This Guide is designed for people who are incarcerated and for those on community supervision (probation and parole) to help them get started—or continue—on the path to further education and training.

The TBCAE Toolkit was developed to assist adult education program administrators, program  staff, and state staff in planning and implementing text messaging that supports adult education learners’ program participation and attainment of education outcomes.

A new IES snapshot, Adult Education Strategies: Identifying and Building Evidence of Effectiveness, summarizes a systematic review of existing, rigorous research on the effectiveness of categories of adult education strategies.

This compendium describes five innovative practices in bridge and integrated education and training (IET) programs as selected by the  Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project.

This compendium describes nine innovative practices with a holistic approach to adult education services as selected by the Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project.

This practice guide provides community colleges with five specific recommendations for supporting occupational skills training through career pathways.

The Integrated Education and Training Design Toolkit guides users through a team-based approach to developing customized IET solutions that address the needs of adult learners and local businesses through four iterative phases: Research and Assess, Design and Plan, Develop and Implement, and Evaluate and Improve.

The Personal and Workplace Success Skills Library is a curated collection of resources to guide the integration of personal and workplace success skills into curriculum and instruction, advising and coaching, assessment, and program design.

This site includes information on promising remote adult ESOL practices and program models.

This page links to projects and resources supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that provide perspective and insight on the Asian-American experience.

This website contains resources curated by state staff in Wisconsin to support the development and expansion of Integrated Education and Training.

This report explores an approach for enhancing career-relevant learning in the classroom. 

This report from the Digital US coalition is the result of a six-month landscape analysis and strategic planning period, laying the groundwork for a new collective impact approach to support both on-ramps to digital skills as well as pathways to new opportunities.

This compendium describes the four innovative practices in secondary
credentialing selected from the Round 1 Advancing Innovation in Adult
Education applications.

This handbook is a practical guide that supports the start-up, scale-up, and delivery of quality distance education programming.

This brief explains what civics education skills are and why they are important for adult learners.

This brief explains what digital literacy skills are and why they are important.

This brief explains what financial literacy skills are and why they are important.

This brief explains what health literacy skills are and why they are important.

This brief explains what workforce preparation skills are and why they are important.

This Open Educational Resource Book it covers whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages in trade professions.

Adult English learners (ELs) may need numeracy instruction to navigate daily life or understand health information, so this paper examines numeracy skill levels and home skill use of adult ELs in Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2012/2014 data and recommends implications for EL numeracy instruction.

Ready, Set, Go: Steps to Rapidly Start Distance Learning provides guidance to adult educators on how to quickly set-up distance learning programs for their students.

The Self-study Guide for Evidence-Based Practices in Adult Literacy Education helps adult literacy education providers collect, organize, and analyze evidence they can use to plan for and improve program implementation and performance.

This website, TeachingEnglish by the British Council, contains a wide range of practical resources for teaching English to adults.