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Direct linkKofol, Chiara; Kriechel, Ben; Vetter, Tim – Education Economics, 2022
In this study we evaluate the impact of a literacy program for internally displaced female refugees in Afghanistan. The results of the evaluation show that the program was beneficial both for the women who received it and for their children, as participants were 50% points more likely to be able to read and write and 19% points more likely to…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Poverty, Females, Refugees
Download full textDaniels, Susan J.; Hess, Caryl A. – 1992
The University of Akron's Reading Assessment Component (RAC) research study assessed the effectiveness of a computer-based literacy program, Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System (PALS), as an alternative to classroom instruction for functionally illiterate adults living in Summit County, Ohio. The RAC study assessed four objectives: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Literacy Assistance Center, New York, NY. – 1992
The New York City Adult Literacy Initiative served 54,568 adults in sponsored classes in fiscal 1990-91. The program is administered through six agencies, including the public schools, City University of New York, a community development agency, and three public library systems. The Literacy Assistance Center was established to provide technical…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Costs
New York City Technical Coll., Brooklyn. Div. of Continuing Education and Extension Services. – 1980
Funding, enrollments, and outcomes are reported for the programs offered during 1979-1980 by New York City Technical College's Division of Continuing Education and Extension Services. The report's introduction analyzes enrollment in the division, summarizes external evaluation of selected programs, and examines problems of staffing, space, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling
New York City Technical Coll., Brooklyn. Div. of Continuing Education and Extension Services. – 1982
Funding, enrollments, and outcomes are reported for the programs offered duting 1981-82 by New York City Technical College's Division of Continuing Education and Extension Services. The report's introduction analyzes enrollment in the division and summarizes accomplishments and funding problems for selected programs. Subsequently, the report's…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports
National Literacy Secretariat, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1989
Census data, enrollment statistics, and selected studies/reports regarding adult literacy and literacy education in British Columbia (Canada) were examined to determine the nature and scope, need for, and cost of literacy activities and programs in British Columbia. According to 1986 census data, 17% of British Columbia's adult population lack…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges
White, Robert – 1976
This is a descriptive case study and evaluation of Radio Santa Maria, which provides the Dominican Republic's rural adult population with basic education programs. The report examines the station in the light of five fundamental lifelong education goals: flexibility in the educational process, linkage of educational resources, relating of formal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Attitude Change
Sticht, Thomas G. – 2001
National activities are underway in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States to extend the right to free elementary and fundamental education to adults, and to transform the many local, independently acting programs into systems of state-supported, free education for adults across the life span. This paper summarizes these activities in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education
