ERIC Number: ED384738
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 19
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Ohio's Action Agenda for Adult Literacy: A Progress Report.
Ohio State Bureau of Employment Services, Columbus.; Ohio Literacy Network, Columbus.; Kent State Univ., OH. Ohio Literacy Resource Center.; Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus.
This report summarizes the activities conducted in 1994 in relation to the 23 recommendations included in Ohio's Action Agenda for Adult Literacy. The recommendations are grouped into the following categories: coordination/collaboration, public awareness, research, program resources and support, advocacy/funding, and accountability. Some of the recommendations are as follows: establish a state-level task force on literacy; establish state-level literacy goals, program priorities, and desired outcomes and institute a mechanisms for state agencies to collect data needed to judge progress toward meeting literacy goals; promote state, regional, and local collaboration; undertake campaigns to make the general public aware of the scope and cost of illiteracy, recruit literacy volunteers, encourage business support of literacy programs, and recruit specific groups of adults needing literacy services; delineate literacy areas in need of research and encourage research in the identified areas; prepare research syntheses and disseminate them to literacy providers; develop a mechanism for identifying model literacy initiatives and determining why they work; establish a database of individuals with expertise in literacy program development, implementation, and evaluation; expand training opportunities to promote professionalism and effectiveness among literacy instructors; and maintain and disseminate information about private and public funding sources. Both completed and planned activities are listed. (MN)
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Annual Reports, Change Strategies, Coordination, Data Collection, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Educational Resources, Financial Support, Information Dissemination, Literacy Education, Program Development, Program Improvement, Public Relations, State Agencies, Statewide Planning
Publication Type: Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Ohio State Bureau of Employment Services, Columbus.; Ohio Literacy Network, Columbus.; Kent State Univ., OH. Ohio Literacy Resource Center.; Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus.
Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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