Testimony of Morton Bahr for the National Commission on Adult Literacy to the House Subcommittee on Education and Labor

Autor/in	Bahr, Morton
Institution	Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
Titel	Testimony of Morton Bahr for the National Commission on Adult Literacy to the House Subcommittee on Education and Labor
Quelle	(2009), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Adult Education; Adult Literacy; Basic Skills; Hearings; Federal Legislation; Planning Commissions; Educational Needs; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Limited English Speaking; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Education Work Relationship; Economic Development; Labor Force Development; General Educational Development Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Bundesrecht; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Arbeitskräftebestand
Abstract	It is no secret that America is at risk of losing its place as a world leader in education. Some 88 million adults in America need help with their English as a Second Language (ESL) and basic skills, yet the nation is currently providing services to only 3 million people. The Commission on Adult Literacy calls for bold change at the state and federal levels to address this challenge. The author offers two overarching recommendations: (1) Congress should transform the adult education and literacy system as it is now known into an adult education and workforce skills system with the capacity to effectively serve 20 million adults annually by the year 2020; and (2) Congress and state governments should make readiness for postsecondary education and workforce the primary mission of the adult education and workforce skills system. The recommended federal and state actions offered in this paper aim to increase dramatically the number of adult Americans with limited basic skills who receive basic skills instruction as defined in the Act. They should result in "seamless pathways of instruction" from the lowest levels of proficiency to attainment of a General Educational Development (GED) and/or readiness for occupational and/or postsecondary education. (Contains 3 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy. 1221 Avenue of the Americas 46th Floor, New York, NY 10020. Tel: 212-512-2362; Fax: 212-512-2610; Web site: http://www.caalusa.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10