Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA12675; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 14:55:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 14:55:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s41d4cf6.001@cal.org> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Fran Keenan <fran@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:1418] NCES Report on ESL Participation X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Status: RO Content-Length: 1131 Lines: 28 The following report came out this summer from the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) and is now available on the Web. It's interesting, in part because it provides a figure--3 million--for adults in the U.S. who would like to be in ESL classes but are not participating. "Participation of Adults in English as a Second LanguageClasses: 1994-95." NCES Statistics in Brief (June 1997) NCES 97-319. Presents rates of participation in adult English as a Second Language (ESL) classes in 1994-95, examines how these participation rates are associated with the characteristics of adults, describes features of ESL participation, & identifies barriers to adults' participation in ESL. To get a copy of the report from the Web, go to http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs97/97319.html. A limited number of print copies of the report are available from NCLE. ***Send an e-mail request to ncle@cal.org, not to the whole list. You may also request a print copy from the National Library of Education at library@inet.ed.gov. Fran Keenan National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE)
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