Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id NAA06122; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:27:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:27:17 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v04210104b4db27186f5e@[146.186.96.31]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:3332] Thursday Notes X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: OR >From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL Office of Vocational and Adult Education Editor: Sarah Newcomb Production: Rose Tilghman February 24, 2000 ___________________________________ EL/Civics Sets Dates If you're part of one of the nearly 170 partnerships in 40 states applying for just $7M available for EL/Civics this year, you'll want to put these dates on your calendar. Peer review for proposals submitted is slated for March 9-10. The limited number of grants will be awarded in early spring. Meanwhile, we continue work on the method to disperse FY 2000 EL/Civics funding. The FY 2000 appropriations bill requires us to target half the money to "states with the largest absolute need for such services" and half to "states with largest recent growth in need for such services." For the $7 million competition, contact rebecca_moak@ed.gov Learners with Low Skills Gain Most Using Crossroads A new study by Development Associates, funded by our Division of Adult Education and Literacy, shows learners with the lowest pre-test scores had the greatest learning gains after using the Crossroads Cafe video series for ESL instruction. The average learning gain for all participants in three states studied also was significant--about equal to a move to the next ESL proficiency level on the CASAS scale. The study included over 100 learners in ten sites located in California, Florida and New York. Contact Blair Rudes at 703/276-0677. Earnings Up, But Down for Hispanics Hispanics lost financial ground by not increasing college attendance at the same rate as other groups, according to Anthony Carnevale's new report for the Educational Testing Service (ETS). While the rest of the economy is booming, Hispanic men's earnings actually dropped from 1973-1997. African-American men translated increased education into earnings gains-so did non-Hispanic white men. African-American and non-Hispanic white women increased earnings by about half over the same period. Hispanic women, with smaller educational gains, earned just 30 more so their relative position also declined. For a free copy of Education Success: Empowering Hispanic Youth and Adults, contact ETS at 609/734-5050. Adult Educators Favor State Credentials Adult Educators say they favor a state credential for adult literacy instructors reports a survey by Columbia University's Dolores Perin published recently in the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (May, 1999). Fifty percent of respondents favor the state credential and another forty-three percent are leaning toward it. Only seven percent of respondents do not favor credentialing. One concern expressed is difficulty in using part-time or volunteer staff. The small survey also shows that respondents do not see credentialing in adult literacy as necessarily requiring an academic form of training. But respondents say funding is still the major problem for their field. The article also contains literature-based summary of pros and cons of professionalization. Contact dp111@columbia.edu ____________________________________________________________ A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy Office of Vocational and Adult Education OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/ ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Assistant Director Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy College of Education The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-863-3777 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU From ACTUAL SIGNS -- In a New York restaurant: "Customers who consider our waitresses uncivil ought to see the manager."
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