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Download full textValentine, Thomas – 1990
Learners' motivations for participating in adult basic education (ABE) are important; determining their needs is crucial to evaluating programs to see if their needs are being met and is also important in determining instructional content and methods. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 323 randomly selected ABE students in Iowa. During…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
PDF pending restorationReder, Stephen – 1995
This document, which is designed to provide Iowa literacy service providers and funding agencies with information about the distribution of adult literacy proficiencies over various regions of Iowa, presents and discusses synthetic estimates of adult literacy proficiencies. First, the procedure that was used to develop synthetic literacy estimates…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Data Analysis, Estimation (Mathematics)
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation. – 1998
The purpose of this report is to provide performance data on Iowa's adult basic education (ABE) target populations based on the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) Employment Competency System Appraisal Form 130 in the areas of reading and mathematics. This report is designed to supplement the data reported in the study titled,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Valentine, Thomas – 1990
A great discrepancy exists between the potential number of adult basic education (ABE) participants (all adults who have not graduated from high school) and those who actually choose to participate in ABE. To determine why high school dropouts choose not to participate in ABE, telephone interviews were conducted with a carefully constructed,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Jenkins, Lynn B.; Kirsch, Irwin S. – 1994
As part of the National Adult Literacy Survey in 12 states, approximately 1,250 adults in Iowa were surveyed as representatives of the 2.1 million adults in the state. The aim of the survey was to characterize literacy skills based on performance on diverse tasks that reflect the materials and demands that adults encounter every day. Fourteen to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
Rickard, Patricia; Stiles, Richard; Jacobsen, Jared – 2003
Student-level data were collected in 5 states California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, and Oregon and analyzed to build understanding and improve the role of community colleges in adult education and literacy. The states illustrate the degree of diversity in governance systems and local provider systems and allow for comparative analyses by provider…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
