A final evaluation, combined with the Institute materials and the journal, combine to form a working folder from which to assess the participants' future growth. Content The Institute focuses on teaching the individual adult literacy student in a classroom setting, beginning with the participants' own significant experiences. The charge of each committee was to develop a series of intended learning outcomes or curriculum for its areas. Learning Standards New York State is engaged in a serious effort to raise standards for all students, including adult learners. Making public the results of the assessment of student progress through school reports.
Learning standards have two primary dimensions.
Content standards describe what students should know, understand, and be able to do. Performance standards define levels of student achievement pertaining to content. The teaching and learning that takes place in between these two dimensions is, perhaps, the most crucial element of the entire process. The New York City Professional Development Consortium offers introductory workshops to the Adult Education Resource Guide and Learning Standards for practitioners across New York City. We are also available to provide technical assistance to any program choosing to use peer review as an in-house staff development activity.