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 g03ENT002107; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 09:23:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 09:23:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05001900b85a18185914@[146.186.96.32]> 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: Priscilla Carman <psc3@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:373] Thursday Notes 01/03/02 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1202054953==_ma============" Status: O Content-Length: 8956 Lines: 190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" rom the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL Office of Vocational and Adult Education Editor: Sarah Newcomb Production: Rose Tilghman January 3, 2002 ___________________________________ How Can Programs Keep Students Learning? A three-year study of library literacy programs by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) and the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) is beginning to explore the relationship between strategies and persistence. Final results are due in 2003. Among the techniques that appear related so far are: Individualized attention to students made possible by stable leadership, access to technology, solid financial support, and relatively small student populations; Tailoring instructional methods to students' needs while maintaining an assessment system to measure learning gains; Strategies that accommodate students' cultural and personal identities, goals, and learning disabilities. Funding by the Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation and the Department. For more, see <http://www.mdrc.org>http://www.mdrc.org Click the "education" header and scroll to I Did It for Myself. Multi-State Project Assesses Graduation Requirements Five states--IN, KY, MA, NV and TX--are working together to target gaps between what high school graduates know and skills they need for postsecondary education and the workplace. The cooperative effort between education and business groups aims to establish national benchmarks for high school graduation in reading, writing, and mathematics achievement. The 18-month project also will assist the five states in strengthening academic standards as well as education accountability systems. States were selected based on experience in implementing standards-based education reform. See <http://www.nga.org/center>http://www.nga.org/center Search for American Diploma Project. Who Is An Adult? The definition of "adolescence" is creeping up--with some definitions as high as 26 or 34 years of age--according to the Washington Post. Professors at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University comment the term may have been stretched so far it's meaningless. A new MacArthur Foundation study is tasked with developing descriptions of when adulthood starts and how the timing of adulthood has changed. See <http://www.washingtonpost.com>http://www.washingtonpost.com Click on Style for 1/3/02. Shop Talk January 10 Due to the holiday this week, our "Shop Talk" will be held on January 10. Be sure to join us! ________________________________________________________________________________ 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/>http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
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