Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

This 2024 research review provides an overview of recent research conducted in the area of teaching reading, enriching STudent Achievement in Reading (STAR)’s evidence-based reading practices and contributing to a richer framework in support of adult literacy development.

The spotlight discusses the essential role of immigrants in the U.S. labor market and the importance of collaborative efforts within the workforce development system to provide language, literacy, and workforce skills to support their economic integration.

This guide supports the development of workforce training programs, including Integrated Education and Training (IET), that maximizes accessibility for multilingual learners.

Partnership is essential for developing cohesive and holistic services for immigrants that promote immigrant integration and inclusion. The strategies described in this spotlight support the formation and ongoing maintenance of partnerships that are mutually beneficial for organizations and provide more streamlined, effective, or comprehensive services for adult learners.

The Integrated Education and Training Design Toolkit guides users through a team-based approach to develop 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. Train-the-Trainer materials are also available to support the IET Design...

This brief highlights how IET program providers can collaborate with industry and workforce development organizations to establish IET program design with learner-worker training or work-based learning opportunities.

The goal of this article is to argue that two key UDL-based design concepts - accessibility and relevance - can be used to increase the effectiveness of professional development for adult educators.