This set of four newsletters contains articles to help adult basic education and literacy teachers connect research and practice. The following are among the articles included: "The Effects of Continuing Goal-Setting on Persistence in a Math Classroom" (Pamela Meader); "Do the Cognitive Skills of Dropouts Matter in the Labor Market?" (John H. Tyler); "The Relationship between Reading and Speaking Skills" (Barbara Garner); "Supports and Hindrances: A Force-Field Analysis" (Andrea Parrella); "Developing Adults' Numerate Thinking: Getting Out from Under the Workbooks" (Mary Jane Schmitt); "Making Peace in the Math Wars" (Kathy Safford); "The New York City Math Exchange Group" (Charles Brover, Denise Deagan, Solange Farina); "Numeracy Needs of Adult Literacy Participants" (Aydin Yucesan Durgunoglu, Banu Oney); "Using Software Applications to Teach Math" (Catherine Cantrell); "Accommodating Math Students with Learning Disabilities" (Rochelle Kenyon; "Beginning Math for Beginning Readers" (Linda Huntington); "Across the Great Divide" (Jeri Levesque); "Learning with Computers: The Theory behind the Practice" (Jennifer G. Cromley); "Teaching ESOL [English for Speakers of Other Languages] Using Word Processing: A Communicative Approach" (Steve Quann, Diana Satin); "Low-Tech: Calculators, Videos, and the Abacus" (G. Andrew Page); "Building a Web Site in an ABE [Adult Basic Education] Class" (Maura Donnelly); "Solving Problems with Computer-Assisted Instruction at the East Texas Literacy Council" (Kelley Snowden); "The Working Conditions of Adult Literacy Teachers: Preliminary Findings from the NCSALL [National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy] Staff Development Study" (Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer, Marilyn Gillespie); "Connecting Research and Practice" (Barbara Garner, Beth Bingman, John Comings, Karen Rowe, Christine Smith); "The K-12 School Experiences of High School Dropouts" (Stephen Reder, Clare Strawn); "Program Participation and Self-Directed Learning to Improve Basic Skills" (Stephen Reder, Clare Strawn); "Sharing What NCSALL Is Learning" (John Comings); "Adult Basic Education and Professional Development: Strangers for Too Long" (Bruce Wilson, Dickson Corbett); and "Current Research in Adult Learning and Literacy" (Jessica Mortensen). (MN)