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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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
Teacher Trainers
Policymakers and Implementers
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Evaluating Professional Development Resources: Selection and Development Criteria
2003
This publication describes criteria and indicators that were developed to help the adult literacy field assess the quality of resources and materials used in professional development for instructors and administrators and to provide guidelines for the development of quality resources.
Administrators
Teacher Trainers
Policymakers and Implementers
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Expanding Access to Adult Literacy with Online Distance Education
2003
This resource traces the history of distance education, defines commonly used terms, and examines the potential online education has to meet the adult basic learners' needs.
Administrators
Teacher Trainers
Policymakers and Implementers
Instructional Staff
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How Much Are the Peppers?
2003
These short videos were created for teachers who are teaching lower levels of adult ESL.
Teacher Trainers
Instructional Staff
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Issues in Improving Immigrant Workers' English Language Skills
2003
This article addresses five points that are at issue for English language learners in the workplace (e.g., language and identity, measuring outcomes) and how employers might address them formally (e.g., through targeted ESL classes, educating non-immigrant workers) and informally (e.g., providing opportunities to use English on the job, involving leadership).
Administrators
Instructional Staff
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A Primer: Diagnostic, Formative, & Summative Assessment
2002
The article discusses the ‘assessment component’ of teaching and learning and outlines the purposes of assessment, along with the differences between diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment.
Administrators
Instructional Staff
Policymakers and Implementers