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PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES
REPORTS, ARTICLES, GUIDES, TALKS, BLOGS
12 Comments for OCTAE ON WIOA Regulations & Guidelines, May 25, 2015 – Comments and suggestions from the National Council for Adult Learning (formerly Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy) in response to the Department of Education invitation for input into Docket item ED-2015-OCTAE-0003, the Department's draft guidelines for implementation of WIOA.
Adult Education Briefing for Senate and House Leaders, May 12, 2014:
www.caalusa.org/CapitolHillBriefingonAdultEducation2014.pdf
Adult Learning: Building Paths to a Better Future:
How and Where Technology Can Support Underskilled Adults,
an EdSurge guide: www.edsurge.com
Cascade and LERA Perspectives on Work (the 1199c training model): http://1199ctraining.org/docs/cascade_no-78.pdf and http://1199ctraining.org/docs/POW_Vol18_Rnd4.pdf
EDucation & GEnder (Nov. 22, 2014) -- a 3-page review (in pre-typeset format) by Gail Spangenberg for the UNESCO Lifelong Learning Institute. This book looks at the history and trends of gender-specific education in 12 countries, eds. Oliver Holz & Fiona Shelton: www.caalusa.org/EDGE-Holz-pre-type.pdf. The published document, by Springer, may be accessed online at http://rd.springer.com/journal/11159, or in hard copy by subscription to the International Review of Education Journal of Lifelong Learning.
Federal Policy - SNAP Employment & Training, National Skills Coalition:
http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/federal-policy/
snap-employment-and-training
Learning care lessons: Literacy, love, care, and solidarity by Maggie Feeley (March 2, 2015) -- a 3-page review by Gail Spangenberg, printed online by the UNESCO Lifelong Learning Institute. It is authorized for distribution here in "pre-typeset format." The book is 3-year study of adults in Ireland with unmet literacy needs who throughout childhood were victims of extreme abuse and lack of caring at the hands of the church-managed Industrial Schools. The book gives guidance on designing programs to meet the needs of such adults. It focuses on affective barriers to adult learning, and is relevant for program design and professional development purposes anywhere where the goal is to serve low-skilled adult learners. it may be accessed onine or in hard copy by subscription to the Journal of Lifelong Learning, International Review of Education at http://rd.springer.com/journal/11159
Invitation to a Roundtable: A Discussion of Return on Investment in
Adult Education (2014), CAAL report by James Parker and Gail Spangenberg: www.caalusa.org/InvitationtoRoundtable.pdf
“National Skills Certification System” of The Manufacturing Institute
of the National Association of Manufacturers:
http://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org/Skills-Certification/Skills-Certification.aspx
(The) New Forgotten Half and Research Directions to Support Them, an update to the highly influential "The Forgotten Half" (1988), by James Rosenbaum, Caitlin Ahearn, Kelly Becker, and Janet Rosenbaum, January 2015, William T. Grant Foundation: http://wtgrantfoundation.org/newforgottenhalf This report focuses on the college drop-out rates of "Forgotten Half" youth and recommends steps to improve college retention and success for them.
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) Blog,
U.S. Department of Education: www.ed.gov/edblogs/ovae/
“Past Gains, Future Goals” (a CAAL Blog posting) at
http://blog.caalusa.org/past-gains-future-goals-part-ii/,
Power of Technology To Transform Adult Learning: Expanding Access
to Adult Education and Workforce Skills Through Distance Learning
– Mary McCain (2009): www.caalusa.org/POWER_OF_TECH.pdf
Random Acts of Progress: Certification of Readiness for Jobs & College,
by James Parker & Gail Spangenberg, CAAL (2012):
http://www.caalusa.org/RandomActs.pdf
Reach Higher, America, the final report of the National Commission on Adult Literacy: http://www.caalusa.org/report.html
Realizing Innovaton and Opportunity in WIOA, National Skills Coalition,
A Playbook for Creating Effective State Plans (2014):
http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/resources/
publications/file/2014-11-NSC-WIOA-state-report.pdf
“Remarks at Closing of the PIAAC Research Conference”, Gail Spangenberg,
Washington, D.C., December 12, 2014:
http://www.caalusa.org/SpangenbergPIAACConfRemarks12-12-14.pdf
“SNAP E&T,” March 2014, Elizabeth Lower-Basch, Center for Law & Social Policy,
March 2014:
http://www.clasp.org/resources-and-publications/publication-1/SNAP-ET-Overview.pdf
Stepping Up to ROI in Adult Education, by James Parker and Gail Spangenberg,
CAAL (2013): www.caalusa.org/SteppingUptoROI.pdf
“Thinking the future through skill assessment,” an interview with Irwin Kirsch:
http://observatorio-das-desigualdades.cies.iscte.pt/index.jsp?page=news&id=165
Time for the U.S. To Reskill?: What the Survey of Adult Skills Says,
OECD Skills Studies, OECD: http://skills.oecd.org/Survey_of_Adult_Skills_US.pdf
“Time for the U.S. To Reskill: Consultation Paper”–- a preliminary
response to the OECD PIAAC findings (see item above) by OCTAE of
U.S. Department of Education. The paper provides background information,
definitions, key U.S. report findings, and implications and policy
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51bb74b8e4b0139570
ddf020/t/52a1f6d4e4b063caf613dcee/1386346196924/consultation-paper.pdf
Time of Scarce Resources, by Forrest Chisman and Gail Spangenberg,
CAAL (2012): www.caalusa.org/ScarceResources.pdf
“Training Policy in Brief: SNAP Employment and Training Program” with
opportunities for programs to serve low-skilled adults:
http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/resources/
publications/file/NSC_Training_SNAP_2014.pdf
“What’s the Story?,” a CAAL Blog posting concerning the release of PIAAC’s U.S. findings: blog.caalusa.org/whats-the-story/
WEBSITES
American Association for Adult & Continuing Education: www.aaace.org
American Association of Junior Colleges (AAJC): www.aacc.nche.edu/Pages/default.aspx
American Institutes for Research (PIAAC): www.piaacgateway.com
American Youth Policy Forum: www.aypf.org
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ): www.advancingequality.org
Campaign to Invest in America’s Workforce: www.americasworkforce.org
Center for Applied Linguistics: www.cal.org
Center for Disease Control Health Literacy: www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/
Center for Law & Social Policy (CLASP): www.clasp.org
Correctional Education Association: www.ceanational.org
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy: www.caalusa.org – the site is open through 2017 to give continuing access to CAAL's newsletters, essays and talks, and reports on ESL, distance learning, ROI, community colleges, certification, family literacy, numeracy, national and state policy, fiscal analyses, immigration, corrections, and more.
District 1199c Training and Upgrading Fund: www.1199ctraining.org
Excelencia in Education: http://www.edexcelencia.org
Jobs for the Future: www.jff.org
Learning Forward, formerly National Staff Development Council (basically focused on K-12, but includes important resources for Adult Education): http://learningforward.org/publications/recent-research-and-reports
Literacy Assistance Center (NYC): www.lacnyc.org
Manufacturing Institute (NAM affiliate): http://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org
Migration Policy Institute: www.migrationpolicy.org
National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium (NAEPDC): www.naepdc.org
National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB): http://www.nawb.org
National Association of Workforce Development Professionals: http://www.nawdp.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=HomePage
National Center for Education Statistics (PIAAC): http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/
National Center for Families Learning: www.familieslearning.org
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS): www.nchems.org
National Coalition for Literacy www.national-coalition-literacy.org
National Council of LaRaza: www.nclr.org/index.php/issues_and_programs/education/
NGA Center for Best Practices, National Governors’ Association: http://www.nga.org/cms/home/nga-center-for-best-practices/center-divisions.html
National Skills Coalition: http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN): www.otan.us
Penn State Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy: http://www.ed.psu.edu/isal
Proliteracy: www.proliteracy.org
Ready Indiana: www.readyindiana.org – the premier example of a Chamber of Commerce-led adult education and workforce skills initiative
Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): www.tesol.org
Workforce Data Quality Campaign: http://www.workforcedqc.org
World Education: http://www.worlded.org/WEIInternet/
LISTSERVS
Health Literacy – listserv of the Institute for Healthcare Advancement (moderated by Julie McKinney): http://listserv.ihahealthliteracy.org/scripts/wa.exe?A0=HLDL
Public Policy – listserv for adult education and workforce skills sponsored by the American Association of Adult & Continuing Education: http://lists.literacytent.org/mailman/listinfo/aaace-nla
Lincs Information and Communication System (LINCS) – listservs of the U.S. Department of Education, several topical areas: www.lincs.ed.gov