Received: from cal.org (cal.org [204.240.146.10]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.6.8/940311.01ccg) with SMTP id OAA16415 for <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 14:07:20 -0400 Received: from CAL-Message_Server by cal.org with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 12 Oct 1995 14:08:48 -0400 Message-Id: <s07d2170.001@cal.org> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 14:11:48 -0400 From: Fran Keenan <fran@cal.org> To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Subject: Did you know? Status: RO X-Status: Of new clients in federally funded adult ESL instruction? 98% were born outside the United States 72% speak Spanish at home 50% had completed high school (some also had completed additional education) 32% had fewer than nine years of education (of those, 9% had fewer than 5 years of schooling) 45% were employed; 18% were unemployed; 36% were not in the workforce 89% had not received public assistance in the past year 61% were under 31 years of age 85% live in major metropolitan areas 72% live in the Western United States This information is from the National Evaluation of Adult Education Programs (NEAEP) prepared for the United State Department of Education by Development Associates, Inc. and reflects data from the 1991/92 program year. An July 1995 ERIC Digest about the report, ESL Instruction in Adult Education: Findings from a National Evaluation by Nicholas B. Fitzgerald, is available from NCLE at no charge. (To order, send a request to ncle@cal.org) Fran Keenan National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) Center for Applied Linguistics (202) 429-9292 fran@cal.org
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