Alamprese concludes by indicating possible areas of research in collaboration and family literacy. Some areas include assessing the benefits of collaboration, procedures for developing and sustaining collaboration, and the communication mechanisms used in collaboration. There are two main implications for education. First, schools can act as one of the key agencies that work with family literacy programs in collaboration. Second, collaboration with family literacy programs may act as a safety valve for schools along two lines.
Collaboration becomes important acting as a potential factor which enhances the outcomes of program.
It is also a means to communicate to schools if children are at-risk. Because family literacy programs help adults with children obtain a GED, collaboration can also catch individuals who failed to complete secondary school. Collaboration again becomes important acting as a factor which contributes to positive outcomes of family literacy programs for adults. It may also be a means for the schools to communicate about high school dropouts. Integrated services, cross-agency collaboration, and family literacy.