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Peer reviewedShelton, Elaine – Journal of Correctional Education, 1980
Reviewing the development of the Adult Performance Level (APL) Project and its life coping skills curriculum, the author focuses on adoption of the APL Competency-Based High School Diploma Program in correctional institutions. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Correctional Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Peer reviewedSwiss, Thom – Journal of Reading, 1976
This second article in a two-part series reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on the Adult Performance Level (APL) project and other programs for adult education. (See CS 710 176) (KS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Download full textBunch, Michael B. – 1978
The validity and dependability of functional competency tests for adults are examined as they relate to the information needs of instructional decision makers. Test data from the Adult Performance Level (APL) Program (funded by the U.S. Office of Education at the University of Texas at Austin) is used to illustrate key points. In the discussion of…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
Hensler, Vicki – 1976
This paper describes the Adult Performance Level (APL) project, an alternative to external high school diplomas such as the General Educational Development (GED) test. Based on the need for "functional literacy" or "functional competency," the program teaches basic skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening, communication,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Career Exploration
Mid-York Library System, Utica, NY. – 1988
Designed to provide a comprehensive literacy reference for public libraries, this handbook presents a glossary of terms, background information on functional literacy, and brief reviews of 14 additional topics: (1) literacy statistics; (2) adult performance levels; (3) the problem of adult education; (4) illiteracy generates itself; (5) about…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books
PDF pending restorationAuburn Univ., AL. Dept. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1974
Developed at Auburn University, Alabama, and based on Adult Performance Level (APL) research conducted at the University of Texas, the two teaching modules for adult career education in this curriculum guide are for the health and for the consumer economics curriculum areas. Focus is on development of basic skills in communication, problem…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Berea City School District, OH. – 1977
Six goals are essential to basic skills mastery. Goal one is the identification of specific competencies and performance indicators which are necessary for students to master to become a coping adult. The appendix lists 17 competencies modeled after the Adult Performance Level Project (APL). Competencies are organized into five knowledge areas:…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis
Spencer, Mary L.; And Others – 1975
As part of the development of a functional literacy test for fourth through eighth grade children in Title I compensatory education programs, this report enumerates a set of criteria for selecting appropriate tests. The criteria are grouped into six categories: (1) test background; (2) psychometric quality; (3) examinee appropriateness; (4)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Evaluation Criteria, Functional Literacy
PDF pending restorationBasner, Shari; And Others – 1976
This curriculum guide was developed in Phase II of a two-phase project designed (1) to develop a model curriculum guide for all adult basic education programs in Rhode Island that reflects the goals and objectives of the Adult Performance Level Study (a study which stressed the need for adult educators to become involved with the concepts of…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Resources
Clearinghouse Adell, Rockville, MD. – 1979
This catalog provides descriptions of specific adult education programs funded under Sections 306 (a) (4) and 309 (1 and 2) of the Adult Education Act. It consists of three sections: project summaries, a subject index, and statistical matrices. Project summaries are organized alphabetically by state of origin and grouped under headings of major…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Texas Univ., Austin. – 1977
A project is described that attempted to formulate a meaningful concept of adult performance levels, to devise instruments to measure performance at those levels, and to use those instruments to assess the functional competence of a representative sample of the population of the United States. Three levels of competence are defined in terms of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, Arithmetic, Basic Skills
Texas Univ., Austin. Div. of Extension. – 1975
The Adult Performance Level (APL) project summary specifies the competencies which are functional to economic and educational success in society and describes devices developed for assessing those competencies. The APL theory of functional competency identifies adult needs in general knowledge areas (consumer economics, occupational knowledge,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills
Dauzat, Sam V. – 1978
Adults enrolled in local adult basic education programs at six sites in Louisiana were used to compare the credibility of Adult Performance Level (APL) competency-based instructional programs (experimental group) with traditional adult education instructional activities (control group). Focus was on determining the correlation between grade level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Whitson, Karin Stork – 1978
The functional competencies of 131 women offenders incarcerated in Texas were assessed and than compared to the functional competencies of 868 free-world women in Texas surveyed during the Adult Performance Level (APL) Project. The findings support the following conclusions: (1) women in the free-world are more functionally competent than women…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Age Differences, Basic Skills
Shelton, Elaine – 1979
The Adult Performance Level (APL) Competency-Based High School Diploma (CBHSD) Program in Texas is briefly described. The program was developed as a flexible and effective alternative to a conventional high school diploma program and to the General Educational Development (GED) test. Program goals are expressed as competency outcomes which are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills
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