Outcomes and impacts of adult literacy education in the United States

Corporate Name: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (U.S.)

Series or Serial: NCSALL Reports #6

Publisher: Harvard Graduate School of Education

Published At: Cambridge, MA

Date Published: 1999

Distributor: NCSALL Reports, World Education

Source Address: 44 Farnsworth Street

Source City/State/Zip: Boston MA 02210-1211

Phone: 617-482-9485

Material Type: Research/Technical Report

Intended Audience: General

Physical Media: Print

Physical Description: 138 p.

Subjects: Adult Basic Education; Educational Research

Abstract:
This is a report of a study on the outcomes and impacts of adult literacy education through a qualitative assessment of the outcomes and impacts in research conducted since the late 1960's. Outcomes are changes in learners and impacts are changes that occur in the family, community, and larger society. Formerly AL0061. See NCSALL Reports 6A, OTAN ER0017, i.d.#2882 for accompanying annotated bibliography.

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