>ANNOUNCEMENT FROM OVAE:

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>I am very pleased to announce that A Process Guide for Establishing State

>Adult Education Content Standards has been posted on the Adult Education

>Content Standards Warehouse Web site

>[http://www.adultedcontentstandards.org/howto.asp].

>The American Institutes for Research developed the guide through a contract

>with the Office of Vocational and Adult Education to operate the content

>standards warehouse project.

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>A Process Guide for Establishing State Adult Education Content Standards

>presents the steps for moving toward a fully integrated, standards-based

>education system to improve instruction and learner outcomes.  Readers will

>find a range of suggestions and references.  The guide begins with an

>introduction to standards-based education and then presents the components

>of standards-based education reform within the context of adult education

>programs.  Each chapter provides information and examples gathered from

>research articles, discussions with state adult education staff and

>standards experts, and reviews of standards documents.  Other features of

>the guide include practice activities, sample tools and templates, a

>glossary, and additional references to support state teams and initiatives.

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>I hope you will find A Process Guide for Establishing State Adult Education

>Content Standards to be a useful resource for making decisions related to

>the implementation of standards-based education reform and improvement.

>

>Cheryl L. Keenan

>Director, Division of Adult Education and Literacy

>Office of Vocational and Adult Education

>U.S. Department of Education

>550 12th Street, SW

>Washington, DC 20202-7240

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