This newsletter, published five times a year, features articles on issues of concern to adult, family, and youth literacy practitioners, as well as recommended resources, announcements, and teaching strategies. (1) Creating a 21st Century Adult Literacy System (Martin C. Finsterbusch); (2) What Research Can Tell Us (Stephen Reder); (3) Skills the Jobless Need (Sherry Drobner); and (4) Effective Family Literacy (Roberta Lanterman). [For Volume 18, Number 4 of "Literacy Update", see ED507700.]