Rates of literacy in the United States depend on which of the various definitions of literacy is used. Governments may label as literate those individuals who can read a couple of thousand simple words they learned by sight in the first four grades in college.
Summary Report for: 25-3011.00 – Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors. Teach or instruct out-of-college youths and adults in remedial education classes, preparatory classes for the General Educational Development test, literacy, or English as a Second Language.
The Adult Literacy Organisers’ Association provides collective representation of Adult Literacy Organisers who manage adult literacy and basic education services throughout the Republic of Ireland and under the auspices of Education and Training Boards (ETBs).
FAQs. One of the purposes of the Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) is to provide useful information for states, programs, and practitioners who work with adult immigrants learning English as a second language (ESL).
Adult Learner Program. The Adult Learner Program provides services, resources, and life-long learning opportunities to the changing communities of Queens.
Resources for adult basic education teachers and tutors, ESL, GED and HiSET preparation, Career Pathways, and College and Career Readiness Standards.
Supplemental videos and materials for Advance Unit 3, designed to help adult educators implement the instructional advances required by CCR standards.
Literacy data published by UNESCO displays that since 1950, the adult literacy rate at the world level has increased by 5 percentage points every decade on average, from 55.7 per cent in 1950 to 86.2 per cent in 2015.
For over three decades Literacy.org has provided leadership in research, development,and training in the field of literacy, with a focus on adult basic education and international literacy and development.
A searchable database of over 7,000 local literacy programs and GED testing centers across the country.