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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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End-of-Year 2010-11 Progress Report to the Legislature: Implementation and Impact of the Workforce Investment Act, Title II Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
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CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2012
The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) provides funding for states and territories to provide instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) to adults in need of these literacy services. California State Budget Act…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcome Measures, Program Effectiveness, Adult Basic Education
End-of-Year 2009-10 Progress Report to the California Legislature: Implementation and Impact of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
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CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2011
The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) provide funding for states and territories to provide instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) to adults in need of these literacy services. California State Budget Act…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcome Measures, Program Effectiveness, Adult Basic Education
Aligning CASAS Competencies and Assessments to Basic Skills Content Standards. Second Edition
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CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2009
Since its inception, the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) has focused on teaching and assessing basic skills in contexts that are relevant and important to adult learners. CASAS has developed and continues to refine a highly formalized hierarchy of competencies, the application of basic skills that adults need to be fully…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Competence, Academic Standards
Student Progress and Goal Attainment Report: Adult School Programs in California. Program Year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007
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CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2007
The 285 adult schools in California enrolled 1,206,864 adult learners supported through state apportionment funds in program year 2006-07. This report presents the results of data collected by the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS) from all learners enrolled in California adult schools. The report analysis was prepared by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, State Aid
Preliminary Findings of Learning Gains for Adult Learners with Developmental Disabilities. Research Brief No. 6
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Posey, Virginia; Jacobsen, Jared – CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2007
Public perception of adults with developmental disabilities realizing learning gains often remains illusive. This paper highlights key findings in achievement in basic skills for adults with mental retardation on a functional assessment in a life skills context for three program years (2003-2006). In this study the time period between the pre- and…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities
Guidelines for Providing Accommodations Using CASAS Assessment for Learners with Disabilities
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CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2005
These guidelines address methods for administering Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) assessments using accommodations for learners with documented disabilities. The suggested accommodations for disability categories include provisions for: (1) Accommodations in test administration procedures; and (2) Use of appropriate CASAS…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Testing Accommodations, Disabilities, Adult Students
Calibration Study of POWER Performance Levels to the CASAS Scale. Research Brief No. 5
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Posey, Virginia – CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2005
The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, as part of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, requires programs to use standardized assessments to report learning gains for students in adult education programs. In addition, local and state agencies need an accountability tool for students who are difficult to assess adequately with a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Standardized Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Basic Skills
Study of the CASAS Relationship to GED 2002. Research Brief
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CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2003
CASAS, in cooperation with the CASAS National Consortium Policy Council, conducted a study to provide guidance to program and instructional staff regarding student readiness to take the GED Tests. The study looked at the relationship of CASAS reading and math scores to official 2002 GED test results from five states--California, Hawaii, Iowa,…
Descriptors: Test Results, Test Content, High School Equivalency Programs, Guidance