The Adult Performance Level Program: A Serious and Deliberate Examination.

Autor/inn/en	Griffith, William S.; Cervero, Ronald M.
Titel	The Adult Performance Level Program: A Serious and Deliberate Examination.
Quelle	(1976), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Programs; Curriculum Development; Educational Needs; Educational Objectives; Federal Programs; High School Equivalency Programs; Instructional Systems; National Competency Tests; Performance Tests; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Unterrichtsorganisation; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsermittlung; Leistungsmessung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Testvalidität
Abstract	Noting that the Federal adult education program, Adult Performance Level Program (APL), only affects 1% of its target population, the author examines the program and concludes with seven major observations: (1) Increased attention should be given to the admonition, "Users of the instrument should have a general knowledge of the principles of measurement"; (2) The promotion of the APL concept by the U.S. Office of Education (USOE) is an instance of Federal leadership whose appropriateness is open to question; (3) The USOE has done an unusually thorough and effective job of publicizing and promoting the APL approach; (4) The American College Testing Program has clearly committed itself to the refinement, adaptation, publication, and distribution of APL materials; (5) The APL concept has not yet been fully operationalized; (6) Consideration should be given to the extent to which the General Educational Development (GED) tests and the APL measure the same set of basic skills; and (7) The concentration of attention by the USOE and State Department of Education on the APL system will be a commendable investment of human and financial program resources to the extent that it results in the development of ABE programs which are more effective than existing programs in recruiting, retaining, and teaching adults in the target population. (WL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC