Descriptor
Source
| EFF Voice | 1 |
Author
| DONOHUE, DAN | 1 |
| Rosenwasser, Marie | 1 |
Publication Type
| Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
| Washington | 3 |
| Hawaii | 1 |
| Maine | 1 |
| Missouri | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| South Carolina | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Rosenwasser, Marie – 1986
With declines in reading skills and increases in the standards for literacy, illiteracy has become a growing national problem. The task of dealing with illiteracy ranges from educating those adults whose basic skills are below the eighth grade level to teaching those who are struggling to learn English as their second language to serving those…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Download full textDONOHUE, DAN; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION PREPARED THESE GUIDELINES FOR TEACHERS OF UNDEREDUCATED ADULTS--ILLITERATE, FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE, AND NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING. THE RATE OF ILLITERACY HAS BEEN DECLINING, STANDING IN 1960 AT 18,059. FUNCTIONAL ILLITERACY IS HARDER TO DEFINE SINCE CRITERIA ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING, BUT IT IS FOUND…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Arithmetic
EFF Voice, 2002
This newsletter reports on the activities of Equipped for the Future (EFF), which is a National Institute for Literacy initiative. EFF helps Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients build the skills needed to balance work and home and make a successful transition to work. The article "EFF Frames Family Literacy Programs"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, American Indians
