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- Sticht, Thomas. Adult Literacy in the United States: A Compendium of Quantitative Data With Interpretive Comments http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/adlitUS/adlitus.pdf
- Sticht, Thomas. http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/search (search under Author, S for Sticht) The reports include:
- Persistence in English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs: Research Using the Method of Natural Variations (2005)
- Making the Nation Smarter by Strengthening the Adult Education and Literacy System (2004)
- Some Misunderstandings About Reading (2005)
- Follow-up study to the Third National Even Start Evaluation (2001) available at the IES web site http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/ncee/index.html
- Original study, found on the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy policy page http://www.ed.psu.edu/goodlinginstitutegoal_3.asp
- Side-by-sides on 2005 federal legislation http://www.ncsdae.org/myweb/Policy_Updates.htm
- Adult Education: The House of Representatives
- An analysis of H.R.27, The Job Training Improvement Act, cites issues related to adult education and literacy.
- Adult Education: The US Senate
- An analysis of S.9., The Lifetime of Education Opportunities Act of 2005, cites issues related to adult education and literacy.
- Welfare Reform: The House of Representatives
- An analysis of H.R.240, the new Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2005, cites issues related to adult education and literacy.
- Adult Education: The House of Representatives
Postings Describing Specific Resources
From: Thomas Sticht
To: aaace-nla@lists.literacytent.org
Date: February 2, 2005 1:23:31 PM EST
Subject: Resources for Advocacy, Policy, Instruction
Aaace-nla colleagues:
The National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) in Canada has posted some reports of colleagues and myself as resources for adult literacy educators concerned with adult literacy advocacy, policy, assessment, and curriculum.
NALD indicates that the report entitled "Adult Literacy in the United States: A Compendium of Quantitative Data With Interpretive Comments" by Thomas Sticht and William Armstrong (1994) was in the top five downloads in both November (741 downloads) and December (560 downloads) of 2004. I don’t know why there has been so much interest in the report on quantitative data recently but if anyone is interested in getting a copy you can download it in either html or pdf formats at
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/adlitUS/adlitus.pdf
A number of other recent reports, some of which have appeared on the aaace-nla list, are also now available at the NALD web site in either html or pdf formats at:
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/search (search under Author, S for Sticht) or http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/search/search_results.asp?oid=1&search_string=nthin$language_type=1&search_type=5
The reports include:
Persistence in English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs: Research Using the Method of Natural Variations (2005) [ Thomas G. Sticht ]
Making the Nation Smarter by Strengthening the Adult Education and
Literacy System (2004) [ Thomas G. Sticht ]
Making the nation smarter through education is the over-riding strategy available to federal, state, or local policymakers for protecting the security and freedom of United States citizens as they pursue life, liberty and happiness. For this reason, all candidates for public office need to have a comprehensive understanding of and commitment to the thousands of programs across the nation providing adult education and literacy services.
Some Misunderstandings About Reading (2005) [ Thomas G. Sticht ]
The author identifies what he considers misunderstandings about reading evident in the U.S. initiative, "No Child Left Behind".
In the 21st Century, No Adults Should Be Left Behind (2005) [ Thomas G. Sticht ]
In this paper, the author responds to a speech by U.S. President Bush in which the "No Child Left Behind Initiative" is discussed. Sticht proposes that, similarly, as no child should be left behind, it is time to attend to the education needs of children when they grow up to be adults; no adult should be left behind.
Literacies Required for a 21st Century Workforce: Preparing Youth and Adults for Proficiency in the Academic, Technical and Cultural Literacies Required by a Complex Work World (2005) [ Thomas G. Sticht ]
This paper was written for the Ohio Career-Technical and Adult Education Leadership and Policy Forum of February 22, 2005.The author discusses the movement in high schools, community colleges, and adult basic education (ABE) towards Functional Context Education (FCE), in which the basic academic skills of reading, writing, mathematics, reasoning and problem solving are being integrated with content related to coping with the needs of adult life beyond the school.
Thomas G. Sticht
International Consultant in Adult Education
2062 Valley View Blvd.
El Cajon, CA 92019-2059
Tel/fax: (619) 444-9133
Email: tsticht@aznet.net
From: ena1@psu.edu
Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:2050] Even Start
Date: February 18, 2005 5:28:01 PM EST
To: nifl-family@nifl.gov
Colleagues,
I want to alert you to some resources about Even Start that may be helpful as you educate your lawmakers in what you do in your family literacy programs. The follow-up study to the Third National Even Start Evaluation (2001) is now available at the IES web site http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/ncee/index.html . As you read this report, you may want to check out the critique of the original study that is found on the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy policy page http://www.ed.psu.edu/goodlinginstitute/goal_3.asp . We have also provided another policy brief on the same web page that discusses the impact of family literacy as well as some other useful information. We hope that these resources will be useful to you as you write to your legislators and invite them to visit your programs.
Nickie Askov
Goodling Institute, Penn State
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