Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eA7Ipa910602; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 13:51:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 13:51:36 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <a04320403b62dfb2afb1f@[146.186.96.52]> 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: "H. A. C. Watson" <haw6@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:3868] Thursday Notes 11/9/2000 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2990 Lines: 54 >From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL Office of Vocational and Adult Education Editor: Sarah Newcomb Production: Rose Tilghman November 9, 2000 ___________________________________ Congress May Give $90M Increase to Adult Ed Adult education funds could increase by as much as $90 million in FY 01 for a total of $540 million, according to preliminary numbers posted at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/budnews.html We do not yet have information on how the increase may be allocated between EL/Civics and the regular State Grant program. National Leadership would be level-funded at $14 million and NIFL would receive an increase of $0.5 million to $6.5 million, according to the website. The Community Technology Centers program would more than double, receiving an increase of $47.5 million to $79.95 million. Voc Ed could receive nearly $50 million more for State Grants and Tech Prep. Congress has not officially adopted this agreement and it is subject to change once the House returns on November 13 and the Senate returns on November 14. Watch this space for more details. ** Note from Heidi: I encourage you to contact your congressman to encourage them to approve this funding. Using Skills Outside Class Boosts Scores The Highbridge Community Life Center (HCLC) in the Bronx has found that learners who use skills outside of class have higher test scores. New performance standards based on student goals produced changes in instruction and improved learner achievements. In addition to standardized tests, learners complete a self-assessment using lists of common student skill goals. The assessment is repeated at the end of classes to check for improvements in skill level and frequency of use. HCLC's basic skills and ESL programs are putting more emphasis on using new skills outside the classroom as a result. Approaches range from phone buddies who speak English or watching English language TV for ESL learners, to trips to bookstores and reading the newspaper daily for ABE learners. Information on these activities is collected via learner journals, portfolios and teacher observation as well as the new self-assessment. Study Measures Skill Gains in Distance Learning A new study, partly funded by OVAE, will help answer questions about how much learning goes on when learners use video, print and online modules from PBS LiteracyLink's Workplace Essential Skills. The evaluation will use CASAS measures and other tests to check improvements in 400 adults' basic skills at 27 sites in CA, IA, KY, NV, NY, CT and DC. The study also will look at the number of hours needed to produce learning gains in a distance learning environment. When complete, the study will be available at http://www.pbs.org Contact nlopez@pbs.org ____________________________________________________________________________ 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/
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