Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i75Fuq111730; Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:56:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:56:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1091721189.2076440528.15970.sendItem@bloglines.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: PHCSJean.2164047@bloglines.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:1106] ABE vs GED X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain Status: O Content-Length: 1145 Lines: 29 In the ongoing discussion we've been having on ABE/GED, Gina Bennett says: <snip> "I couldn't agree more. In our neck of the woods, the GED is accepted by only a few employers & postsecondary programs. The full ABE program is the preferred route but it generally takes much longer to complete." I know Gina you're from Canada so that may explain your perspective, but I always thought that ABE instruction was for lower level adult learners and GED was the continuation toward the HS diploma. I'm under the belief, perhaps a false one, that GED programs start at about the 8th grade reading level, and whatever is below 4th or 5th falls under ABE. Those testing 4th-8th get classified pre-GED. I don't have anything official on this, just what I've gleaned in putting together our center, which focuses on the ABE level folks. I know that EFF (Equipped for the Future) is also out there, but I think that's just a curriculum model that works in the literacy community to focus on skill specifics as well as the general reading we do. Can someone out there clarify the difference? Jean Marrapodi Providence Assembly of God Learning Center
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