Acuity - CTB/McGraw-Hill The Acuity College and Career Readiness Assessment Pilot—Earn up to $20 Per Student! Starting this May, diagnose your students' readiness in Grades 3–8 for the new summative assessments by applying for the pilot. 90-minute assessments include both online and paper/pencil sessions. Earn up to $20 per student and receive actionable reports to understand how well your students are prepared for the new summative assessments. Prepare Your Students to Learn Real-World Skills with Acuity As schools begin to implement the Common Core, they need to rely on an assessment partner with proven success at delivering a clear and measurable link between assessment data, instruction, and student mastery, in alignment to the Common Core State Standards. Acuity will prepare your students to learn real-world skills with the following Common Core assessment tools: A New User Experience Based on Teacher Feedback
Professional Development | Adult Basic Skills Professional Development | Reich College of Education | Appalachian State University ABSPD provides professional development through Institutes, face to face workshops, online professional development, DVDs, training manuals, and web based resources. Our continuing goal is to improve the effectiveness and quality of instruction through focused professional development. Our research-based resources are designed for ABE, Adult Secondary, and ESL instructors and incorporate teaching techniques designed to effectively reach these diverse populations. Face to Face Professional Development ABSPD offers a number of face to face workshops for adult basic skills educators in the North Carolina Community College System and Community Based Organizations. Online Professional Development We currently offer six online courses that are available to all adult educators. Professional Development Manuals ABSPD offers multiple research-based professional development manuals on a variety of topics including numeracy, reading, writing, and training.
Home | Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) homepage | csal.gsu.edu Mission Statement CSAL is committed to understanding reading-related characteristics that are critical to helping adult learners reach their reading goals and to developing instructional approaches that are tailored to adult learners’ needs and interests. CSAL General Overview Each year, nearly 3 million Americans enroll in adult literacy programs to improve their basic skills, and some estimates suggest the need is even greater. Institutions Funding for this Center comes from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Our researchers come from Georgia State University, University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Memphis and the Institute for Intelligent Systems, and Brock University. Accessibility Policy The website of the Center for the Study of Adult Literacy strives to provide you with an online platform for gathering information and communicating with the CSAL organization.
Measured Progress | K-12 Educational Assessments and Professional Development Programs - Measured Progress OER STEM Project | LINCS Open Educational Resources to Increase Teaching and Learning of STEM Subjects in Adult Education The Project The Open Educational Resources to Increase Teaching and Learning of STEM Subjects in Adult Education Project, or simply the OER STEM Project, aims to strengthen science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) instructional content and practice in adult education specifically through the use of widely available and free open educational resources (OERs). To meet this goal, the OER STEM Project has engaged adult educators to serve as User Group Members who locate, use, evaluate, and share science and math OERs that are appropriate for adult education classes. Read the OER STEM Project Fact Sheet to learn about the project goals and activities. Open Educational Resources OERs help meet the demand for high quality STEM content in adult education, while enhancing instructional practice and student learning. OERs are abundant, customizable, free, and convenient to integrate into lessons.
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Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) - Home page Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) administers, coordinates programs that are related to adult education and literacy, career and technical education, and community colleges. For the latest news and information about career and technical education and adult education, see the "OCTAE Connection newsletter" and the OCTAE Blog. Adult Education and Literacy The Division of Adult Education and Literacy is responsible for enabling adults to acquire the basic skills necessary to function in today's society so that they can benefit from the completion of secondary school, enhanced family life, attaining citizenship and participating in job training and retraining programs. OCTAE's Adult Education and Literacy initiatives are designed to: Career and Technical Education OCTAE's Career and Technical Education initiatives are designed to: Administering state formula and discretionary grant programs under the Carl D. Community College