Greetings all,

Education Week has released a report on standards-based education for 
public (K-12) education (see below).  What might we learn from this report 
to inform the use/implementation of Adult Content Standards?

Announcement:

"Quality Counts 2006," the 10th edition of EDUCATION WEEK's annual report 
card on public education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 
now available online for FREE for a limited time. To access the report, go to:

http://www.edweek.org/qc06

This year's report, "Quality Counts at 10: A Decade of Standards-Based 
Education," examines the overall impact of state efforts to carry out 
standards-based education over the past decade, exploring the relationship 
between those changes and student learning gains.

In this special edition of "Quality Counts," you'll also find:
* personal views by five prominent policy observers on what standards-based 
policies have accomplished;
* detailed state-by-state reports--available online only--showing how 
states have performed on major education-policy indicators, plus state 
report cards; and
* extensive data tables (provided in PDF and Excel formats) tracking 
states' progress in student achievement, standards and accountability, 
teacher quality, school climate, and school finance.

http://www.edweek.org/qc06

Also, stay tuned this month for a series of live online chats based on 
"Quality Counts 2006" and issues surrounding standards-based education.

"Quality Counts" is free to registered users until February 4, 2006. Simply 
go to http://www.edweek.org/qc06 and login to get your 30 days of free access.

Aaron


Aaron Kohring
Coordinator, LINCS Literacy & Learning Disabilities Special Collection 
(http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/)
Moderator, National Institute for Literacy's Content Standards Discussion 
List (http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Contentstandards)
Coordinator, Equipped for the Future Websites (http://eff.cls.utk.edu/)

Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee
EFF Center for Training and Technical Assistance
Phone:(865) 974-4109 main
           (865) 974-4258 direct
Fax:   (865) 974-3857
e-mail: akohring at utk.edu