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Download full textOffice of Vocational and Adult Education, Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education. – 1989
Literacy education volunteers during 1988 numbered 77,000, two-thirds of whom served as tutors in basic literacy and English-as-a-second-language classes. The other third served in supportive roles as administrators, recruiters, teacher aides, counselors, and providers of child care and transportation. The number of volunteers rose from 34,500 in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Adult and Community Education. – 1986
This document contains charts and tables that describe illiteracy and education (particularly adult education) in Louisiana. A few statistics are given in narrative form at the end of the document. The headings on the tables and charts are as follows: Decreasing Illiteracy in Louisiana (1960-1980); Decrease in the Number of Illiterates and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Thomas, Hollie B. – 1981
A study was conducted to assess the impact of the Florida State Student Assessment Test (FSSAT) (Functional Literacy Test) on the enrollment in secondary-level vocational education courses. The 67 school districts in Florida were grouped according to population density into three levels of urbanization (low, medium, and high). Ten percent of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Enrollment Influences, Functional Literacy
