The American Hispanic School, a nonprofit private
corp. delivers the Adult High School, secondary
Diploma program for the completion of and graduation
from a private School.
One of our students success relay in their payment of
tuition fees.
Of course, many of them can't afford it.
Here is where funding of - no more than 75% - program
cost, should be available and offered to private Adult
High Schools.

Regards
PEDRO A. CONTRERAS /Director 

 --- Donna Brian <djgbrian at utk.edu> escribió:


> Dear List Members,

> The following message is cross-posted from the

> assessment discussion list 

> and is a request from Tom Sticht for help with

> international adult literacy 

> data and resources (including U.S.).  I picked his

> message up and post it 

> here since we have an international list with

> participants who have the 

> kinds of information he requests.  The questions

> sound interesting, and I 

> hope that if you respond, you will post to the list.

>  I will forward posts 

> to Tom.  Thanks for your help.

> Donna

> djgbrian at utk.edu

> 

> 

> >The following post is from Tom Sticht.

> >----------------

> >

> >Collegues: I have been asked to prepare a chapter

> for a Handbook on

> >Literacy

> >that will be published by Cambridge University

> Press. Following is a

> >brief

> >title and outline that I am currently using to

> think about the work.

> >Some

> >questions I have for you follow below after the

> outline of topics:

> >

> >"Adult Literacy Education in Industrialized Nations

> >Thomas Sticht

> >

> >In several industrialized nations activities are

> underway to extend the

> >right to basic literacy education to adults. Having

> for many decades

> >provided a variety of programs, many arising from

> charitable work by

> >religious groups and others, activities are today

> underway to transform

> >these many local, independently acting programs

> into systems of

> >state-supported, free education for adults across

> the life span. This

> >paper

> >discusses activities in three industrialized

> nations under five

> >categories:

> >

> >1. Scale of Need: determining how many adults are

> in need of adult

> >literacy

> >education.

> >

> >2. Access to Provision: determining how many adults

> are aware of, have

> >access to and enroll in adult literacy education

> provision.

> >

> >3. Nature of Provision: determining the nature of

> the delivery system

> >for

> >meeting the needs of adult literacy provision,

> including the use of

> >information and communication technology (ICT).

> >

> >4. Quality of Provision: determining the nature of

> and need for improved

> >instructional quality, including teacher

> qualifications and establishing

> >content and outcome standards for programs.

> >

> >5. Accountability of Provision: improving methods

> for determining

> >achievements of programs in terms of student

> learning outcomes and

> >broader

> >impacts for the adult, family,  workplace and

> community.

> >

> >The paper will acquaint readers with issues,

> challenges,  and

> >accomplishments arising from this movement to

> transform local adult

> >literacy education programs into national systems

> of adult education in

> >industrialized nations."

> >

> >Questions: I want to review the best work I can to

> flesh out the chapter

> >so

> >I am asking for any references you think I should

> read in pursuit of

> >this

> >work.

> >

> >What are two or three of the most important books,

> papers, research

> >studies,

> >policy papers, etc. that you think have contributed

> to your thinking

> >and/or

> >practice in adult literacy education in your

> nation?

> >

> >What are the two or three most important trends to

> have emerged in adult

> >literacy education in your nation in the last

> quarter century?

> >

> >What direction do you see adult literacy education

> taking in your nation

> >in

> >the next ten years or so?

> >

> >What is the most important research in adult

> literacy education that you

> >have come across that has influenced educational

> practice in your

> >nation?

> >

> >Thanks for any responses you may have to these

> questions or any other

> >directions that you think I should consider going

> in the development of

> >this chapter. You can respond on the list or

> directly to me at

> >tsticht at aznet.net.

> >

> >Thanks,

> >Tom Sticht

> >

> 

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