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Adult Education: State Grants and Knowledge Development

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| **Goal:** To support adult education | **Fu  |       |       |       |
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| adult learner achievement in order   | Hist  |       |       |       |
| to prepare adults for family, work,  | ory** |       |       |       |
| citizenship, and future learning.    |       |       |       |       |
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| **Legislation:** Adult Education and | 1985  | \$102 | 2000  | \$450 |
| Literacy Act, Title II, P.L. 105-220 |       |       |       |       |
| (20 U.S.C. 9201 et. seq.).           |       |       |       |       |
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|                                      | 1990  | \$158 | 2001  | \$540 |
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|                                      | 1995  | \$252 | 2002  | \$540 |
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Program Description

The goal of Adult Education State Grants is to support education systems
that assist educationally disadvantaged adults in developing basic
skills, including literacy, achieving certification of high school
equivalency, and learning English. Adult education serves as a hub for a
variety of different programs, including job training and vocational
education, family literacy, welfare reform, correctional education, and
immigration services. Adult education programs are a gateway to further
education and training for both English and non-English speakers.

The Department awards formula grants to state education agencies, which,
in turn, make competitive grants to local adult education providers.
Adult education services are delivered by local education agencies,
community-based organizations, volunteer literacy organizations,
institutions of higher education, corrections agencies, and other
institutions and agencies serving adults. Adults are defined as those at
least 16 years of age or otherwise beyond the age of compulsory school
attendance. Adult education includes services or instruction below the
college level for adults who: are not enrolled in secondary school and
not required to be enrolled; lack mastery of basic education skills to
function effectively in society; have not completed high school or the
equivalent; and are unable to speak, read, or write the English
language. Adult education services include adult basic education (ABE);
adult secondary education and high school equivalency (ASE);
English-as-a-second language (ESL); and assistance for parents to
improve the educational development of their children.

According to state reports for the 1998-99 program year, more than 4
million adults were enrolled in adult education classes: 1.6 million in
basic education instruction; 1.6 million in English as a Second Language
instruction; and 930,000 in high school-level instruction. In 1992, the
National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) measured prose, document, and
quantitative proficiencies among American adults and grouped the results
into five proficiency levels. The NALS found that between 21 to 23
percent of the American adult population scored at the lowest, "below
adequate" level of each type of proficiency measured by the survey.

For more information, please visit the program Web site at:
www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/adusite.html

**Program Performance**

Objective 1: Improve literacy in the United States.

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| # |             |             | 2000 data are    | National Adult   |
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|   |             |             | benchmarking     | update:* 2002.   |
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Objective 2: Provide adult learners with opportunities to acquire basic
foundation skills (including English language acquisition), complete
secondary education, and transition to further education and training
and to work.

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|   |             |             | secondary level  |   | reported:*       |
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|   |              |             | total number of  | Update:* 2000.   |
|   |              |             | adult learners   |                  |
|   |              |             | who, upon exit   | *Date to be      |
|   |              |             | from adult       | reported:*       |
|   |              |             | education,       | Summer 2001.     |
|   |              |             | obtained a job,  |                  |
|   |              |             | retained their   | **Validation     |
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|   |              |             | were promoted on | Data collected   |
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|   |              |             | inconsistent and | D                |
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|   |              |             | for this         | were developed.  |
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|   |              |             |                  | standardized     |
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|   |              |             |                  | and standards    |
|   |              |             |                  | for automated    |
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|   |              |             |                  | Also, the Office |
|   |              |             |                  | of Vocational    |
|   |              |             |                  | and Adult        |
|   |              |             |                  | Education (OVAE) |
|   |              |             |                  | will develop a   |
|   |              |             |                  | data quality     |
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|   |              |             |                  | on the           |
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|   |              |             |                  | [Standards for   |
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|   |              |             |                  | Program          |
|   |              |             |                  | Performance      |
|   |              |             |                  | Da               |
|   |              |             |                  | ta]{.underline}. |
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[Objective 3: Provide adult learners at the lowest levels of literacy
access to educational opportunities to improve their basic foundation
skills.]{.smallcaps}

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| * | **Actual  | **Pe      | **Status:** No   | **Source:** Adult     |
| * | Perf      | rformance | 2000 data are    | Education Management  |
| Y | ormance** | Targets** | available, but   | Information System.   |
| e |           |           | progress toward  |                       |
| a |           |           | target is        | *Frequency:* Annual   |
| r |           |           | likely.          | Report.               |
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| * |           |           | **Explanation:** | *Next collection      |
|   |           |           | The most         | Update:* 2000.        |
|   |           |           | educationally    |                       |
|   |           |           | disadvantaged    | *Date to be           |
|   |           |           | adults (those at | reported:* Summer     |
|   |           |           | the lowest       | 2001.                 |
|   |           |           | levels of        |                       |
|   |           |           | literacy and     | **Validation          |
|   |           |           | English language | Procedure:** Data     |
|   |           |           | skills) have     | collected before the  |
|   |           |           | traditionally    | Department\'s         |
|   |           |           | been a target    | [Standards for        |
|   |           |           | for services.    | Evaluating Program    |
|   |           |           | These            | Performance           |
|   |           |           | performance data | Data]{.underline}     |
|   |           |           | demonstrate that | were developed. Other |
|   |           |           | almost one-half  | sources and           |
|   |           |           | of all adults    | experience            |
|   |           |           | served in the    | corroborate these     |
|   |           |           | program are      | findings.             |
|   |           |           | those adults     |                       |
|   |           |           | with the most    | **Limitations of Data |
|   |           |           | demonstrated     | and Planned           |
|   |           |           | need of          | Improvements:** As a  |
|   |           |           | educational      | third tier recipient  |
|   |           |           | services.        | of this data, the     |
|   |           |           |                  | Office of Vocational  |
|   |           |           |                  | and Adult Education   |
|   |           |           |                  | (OVAE) must rely on   |
|   |           |           |                  | the states and local  |
|   |           |           |                  | programs to collect   |
|   |           |           |                  | and report data       |
|   |           |           |                  | within published      |
|   |           |           |                  | guidelines. Starting  |
|   |           |           |                  | with the July 1,      |
|   |           |           |                  | 2000, reporting       |
|   |           |           |                  | period, the Office of |
|   |           |           |                  | Vocational and Adult  |
|   |           |           |                  | Education (OVAE) will |
|   |           |           |                  | implement new data    |
|   |           |           |                  | collection protocols, |
|   |           |           |                  | including             |
|   |           |           |                  | standardized data     |
|   |           |           |                  | collection            |
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|   |           |           |                  | standards for         |
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|   |           |           |                  | reporting. Also, the  |
|   |           |           |                  | Office of Vocational  |
|   |           |           |                  | and Adult Education   |
|   |           |           |                  | (OVAE) will develop a |
|   |           |           |                  | data quality review   |
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|   |           |           |                  | Department\'s         |
|   |           |           |                  | [Standards for        |
|   |           |           |                  | Evaluating Program    |
|   |           |           |                  | Performance           |
|   |           |           |                  | Data]{.underline}.    |
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