ERIC Number: ED457404
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2000-Aug
Pages: 40
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Adult Basic Skills: Developing a Local Action Plan.
Basic Skills Agency, London (England).
This document presents advice from the United Kingdom's Basic Skills Agency regarding developing local action plans. The first 20% of the document defines basic skills and discusses the following action plan components: (1) an estimate of the area's need for basic skills training; (2) a target to reduce the area's estimated scale of need; (3) details of how basic skills learning will be promoted to adults; (4) a description of the range of programs to be provided; (5) information about program quality standards; (6) plans for coordination and monitoring; and (7) a cost estimate. The remaining 80% of the document consists of case studies based on three unidentified areas of England and Wales that are considered representative of the country's different areas. They illustrate possible action plans for the following areas: (1) a city with a low level of wealth creation, a preponderance of low-wage jobs, and a sizable population from minority groups; (2) a county with relatively low levels of unemployment that was characterized by rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s and whose population is becoming increasingly multicultural; and (3) a poor rural county with a rather disperse population of 485,000, 392,000 of whom are adults. (MN)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Case Studies, Coordination, Cost Estimates, Decision Making, Definitions, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Instructional Development, Marketing, Minority Groups, Needs Assessment, Program Evaluation, Rural Areas, Rural Education, School Districts, Skill Development, Standard Setting, Strategic Planning, Student Characteristics, Urban Areas, Urban Education
Basic Skills Agency, Admail 524, London, WC1A 1BR, United Kingdom. Tel: 44 020 7405 4017; Fax: 44 020 7440 6626; e-mail: enquiries@basic-skills.co.uk, Web: http://www.basic-skills.co.uk.
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Basic Skills Agency, London (England).
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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