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Direct linkDan Reynolds; Brianna Rae Kemper; Kristin Collette – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2025
While adolescent foundational skills interventions can be critical levers for reading improvement, district leaders, teachers, and researchers must make complex decisions about how to evaluate their effectiveness in context. In this discussion article, we explore three issues and tensions we experienced during a 2-year research-practice…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Urban Areas, School Districts
Bélisle, Rachel; Rioux, Isabelle – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2016
Studies show that the use of writing in the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) can discourage some adults, especially those without a diploma. For those who do proceed, how is the use of reading and writing experienced? Is it a lever or a barrier? This article presents results from a study conducted in Quebec based on semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Prior Learning, Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
OECD Publishing, 2016
Far too many students around the world are trapped in a vicious cycle of poor performance and demotivation that leads only to more bad marks and further disengagement from school. Students who perform poorly at age 15 face a high risk of dropping out of school altogether. By the time they become young adults, poor proficiency in numeracy and…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Adolescents, At Risk Students, Basic Skills
