Turning points
Subtitle: recent trends in adult basic literacy, numeracy, and language education
By: Alisa Belzer, editor
Series: New directions for adult and continuing education -- number 155; New directions for adult and continuing education -- no. 155.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9781119443780
Subjects: Numeracy; Literacy programs; Elementary education of adults; Literacy
Notes: "Fall 2017."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Focusing or narrowing: trade-offs in the development of adult basic education, 1991-2015 / Alisa Belzer; title: The Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act: new policy developments and persistent issues / Erik Jacobson; title: PIAAC: focusing adult learning on building adult competence / Sondra Gayle Stein; title: High school equivalency assessment and recognition in the United States: an eyewitness account / Lennox McLendon; title: Technology for innovation and change in adult basic skills education / David J. Rosen, Jenifer B. Vanek; title: Immigrants to the United States and adult education services / Clarena Larrotta; title: Professional development and professionalization in the field of adult basic education / Cristine Smith; title: Research updates: reading, numeracy, and language education / Daphne Greenberg, Lynda Ginsburg, Heide Spruck Wrigley; title: Conclusion / Esther Prins.