Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h6B14rC06492; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 21:04:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 21:04:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <BB3383F3.7BD5%alantoops@cs.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Alan Toops <alantoops@cs.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1613] Re: Research on Link between Literacy & X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 887 Lines: 25 On 7/8/03 9:09 AM, "AWilder106@aol.com" <AWilder106@aol.com> wrote: > Gail, > > I wonder also if there is material /studies which put figures in positive > terms (I am not saying this well), as in "The general population has 80% of > high school graduates, while in the prison population there are 10%" or > whatever the numbers might be. > > I think anything which shows there are significant educational level > differences between those inside and those outside might be helpful. > > Andrea > Gail, Andrea and others, Please visit the Correctional Education Association's web site at http://www.ceanational.org and follow the links to the three state recidivism study. This work examined the demographics of inmates in Ohio, Maryland, and Minnesota. It is the single largest research study ever conducted on an inmate population and features a wealth of data. Alan Toops
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