Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

This brief discusses five research-based principles for product developers to consider when designing digital learning tools for adult learners.

This report provides an overview of the relationship between effective career pathways elements and existing early learning support systems. 

This report is geared toward leaders in education, industry, workforce development, and human services interested empowering working age adults to build sustainable 21st century careers through strengthened personal success skills. From interviews with experts and a review of research literature, the report provides resources and recommendations to advance practice, research, and policy.

This report explains the English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards for Adult Education and their relevance to adult education programs with Correspondences to College and Career Readiness Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, and Mathematical and Science Practices.

This paper explores the work skills that will be needed in the future and the ways in which educational institutions will need to more fully integrate them into workforce training.

Six short, interactive modules on addition and subtraction, including two videos.

Ten interactive tutorials on algebra topics. 

This guide offers a way to manage higher-level math standards to address time constraints and other potential impediments to full implementation. 

This guide provides content and progress standards for the Pre-Interview, Interview and Test, and Post-Interview phases of the naturalization process.

Inside Mathematics provides a resource for educators (teachers and administrators) who strive to provide the best mathematics instruction they can for their students. 

A survey of all 50 states and the District of Columbia found that eighteen states have adopted at least one form of integrated education and training policy.

This companion learning resource, Integrating Digital Literacy into English Language Instruction, provides numerous examples of instructional models, strategies, tools, and tasks for integrating digital literacy into English language acquisition instruction.

The Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education provides a forum for sharing research, information, theory, commentary, and practical experiences that will improve the quality of services for adult basic education, literacy, and numeracy learners.

This issue features articles focused on the ways that research can affect policy and practice.

Loot, Inc. is a resource for teaching financial literacy and a virtual community of practice for teachers. 

This Companion Learning Resource, Meeting the Language Needs of Today’s Adult English Language Learner, presents numerous examples of instructional models, strategies, tools, and tasks for increasing the rigor of adult English language instruction.

Newsela builds reading comprehension through leveled articles, real-time assessments, and actionable insights.  

This document summarizes the findings and implications of an extensive analysis of survey data on English learners (ELs) that was undertaken in 2015, about the demographics characteristics, education attainment, and employment and family status of ELs ages 14-21.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that can be freely used and reused at no cost.

This Companion Learning resource, Preparing English Learners for Work and Career Pathways, provides teachers and administrators with instructional tools, strategies, and resources that support career-focused, contextualized English language acquisition instruction.

This video presentation by researcher and educator Heide Spruck Wrigley discusses work and career contextualized instruction for English language learners and important changes that are being made in the field.

This report summarizes research findings about the conditions and practices that support positive outcomes of technology use for underserved, under-resourced, and underprepared students.

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, which teachers and trainers may use for in-class and out-of-class instruction.

Archive of September 14, 2016 webinar. 

This report presents an approach for reentry education providers to develop an education continuum that strengthens their services and bridges the gap between facility- and community-based programs.