Reading Profiles: Implications for Policy

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Reading Profiles of US ABE and ESOL Learners
John Strucker, Research Associate/Lecturer in Education
NCSALL/Harvard Graduate School of Education

Implication for Policy

• Either more money or fewer students to do quality work
• Allow students to choose type of classes
• In accountability, show how low ABE students who take a long time to show reading progress still progress in other areas?
• Match of background/training of these who come into ABE vs. needs of practice
• More funding for low-level students instead of the heavy reliance on volunteers to serve this population
• Assessments we use are not reliable, don’t test for different types of learners
• Administrators need to be educated about characteristics of ABE students and needs lower class size, creative delivery systems staff dev.