Research-Based
Principles for Adult Basic Education Reading Instruction (PDF)
This publication is designed
to serve two primary audiences: educators and policy makers who make
decisions about the content of adult basic education reading instruction
and researchers eager to identify new avenues of study to add to our
understanding of this field.
Research
Agenda for Adult ESL
National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE), National
Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), Teachers
of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL)
This paper addresses those
issues about the adult English language learner, program design, teacher
preparation, instruction, and assessment.
Focus
On Basics: Research to Practice
Focus on Basics is the
quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult
Learning and Literacy. It presents best practices, current research
on adult learning and literacy, and how research is used by adult
basic education teachers, counselors, program administrators, and
policy makers.
Focus
on Basics: Current Research in Adult Learning and Literacy
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
(NCSALL)
Details about research
projects currently being undertaken within the fields of adult learning
and literacy.
Research
Reports on Literacy with Implications for Health
Health Literacy Studies: Harvard School of Public Health
Research
Points: "English Language Learners:
Boosting Academic Achievement" (PDF)
Essential Information for Education Policy
Published by the American Educational Research Association
Winter 2004 Volume 2, Issue 1
Beyond the debate over
bilingual versus English-only education, the fundamental question
remains: What are the best ways to teach English literacy to English
language learners, and what rate of achievement in English is realistic
to expect?
Policymaker’s
Primer on Education Research
A joint effort of Mid-continent
Research for Education and Learning (McREL) and the Education Commission
of the States (ECS) to help make education research more accessible
to policymakers.
Intergenerational Transfer of Cognitive Skills: A Two-Way Street for Adults and Their Children in California Library Literacy Programs
Findings from the FULFILL (Families Utilizing the Library For Improving
Literacy and Learning) Study
Study conducted by
Drs. Barabara McDonald and Patricia A. Scollay
San Diego State Univesity
This study looked at experiences of people whose literacy use and literacy skills had undergone transition as adults when they decided to learn to read or to improve their reading in library-based adult and family literacy programs. The work comes out of a longitudinal interview study in which adult literacy learners in California public library programs and their volunteer tutors were interviewed once every year over a three year period.
Assessment
Strategies and Reading Profiles
Research-based assessment
practices for the adult education classroom
ARCS - The Adult Reading Components Study
The ARCS was conducted by John Strucker,Director and Rosalind Kasle
Davidson, Assistant Director, with researchers at the National Center
for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). Although ARCS
researchers tested 955 adult learners for the study, the information
used to create the website profiles is from 569 ABE learners only.
Partnership
for Reading
National Institute for Literacy, National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development, US Department of Education
The Partnership for Reading
website offers information about the effective teaching of reading
for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from
quality research.
Adult
Education Reading Instruction (Partnership for Reading)
A website for evidenced-based
practices for teaching reading to adults in adult basic education
and family literacy programs.
Family
Partnership in Reading
National Center for Family Literacy
Family Partnership in Reading
Project bringing scientifically based research to family literacy
programs
Research
in Adult Literacy
Ohio Literacy Resource Center
EFF
Reading Project
