Accountability Requirements and Professional Development in the US Adult Basic and Literacy Education System

CRISTINE SMITH; University of Massachusetts

Even before the 2001 enactment of the No Child Left Behind legislation, the education bill that holds schools in the US accountable for student achievement, ‘adult education [had] become part and parcel of the new federal trend to encourage the setting of national education goals and standards and holding programs accountable for demonstrating achievements’ (Sticht 1998). Now, almost ten years after enacting the Workforce Investment Act (1998), the legislation that required states ...

Literacy and Numeracy Studies

2009-12-23

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Literacy and Numeracy Studies; Vol 17, No 3 (2009); 27-41

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LNS 17.3

Notes on Contributors

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Literacy and Numeracy Studies

2009-12-23

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Literacy and Numeracy Studies; Vol 17, No 3 (2009); 73-78

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Volume 16 Number 2 2009

Rosie Wickert

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2009-12-03

Literacy and Numeracy Studies; Vol 17, No 2 (2009); 1

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NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

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Notes on contributing authors to Literacy and Numeracy Studies Volume 17 Number 2

Literacy and Numeracy Studies

2009-12-03

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Literacy and Numeracy Studies; Vol 17, No 2 (2009); 42

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Literacy, Learners and Laws: A Turkish case study of surviving regulation

ÖZLEM ÜNLÜHISARCIKLI; Boğaziçi University

This article begins with a systemic overview of the historicalbackground of literacy education in Turkey from the beginning of theTurkish Republic in the 1920s to the present day. The middle part of thediscussion focuses on the legal basis of adult literacy and basic education, theprograms that are in use, and the accountability and assessment systems.Finally, a qualitative study illustrates how these systems apply to the everydaypractices of adult literacy education in Turkey.

Literacy and Numeracy Studies

2009-12-23

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Literacy and Numeracy Studies; Vol 17, No 3 (2009); 42-56

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‘I am not a “good” teacher; I don’t do all their paperwork’: Teacher resistance to accountability demands in the English Skills for Life strategy

KARIN TUSTING; Centre for Research in Learning and Change

In 2000, Skills for Life, a new strategy for literacy, numeracy andlanguage education was introduced in England. It included new corecurricula, tough new targets for learner achievement, and significantlyincreased accountability requirements for teachers and colleges. Manyteachers found aspects of this new system difficult. This paper analysesinterviews carried out with teachers in 2002 to identify the reasons underlyingtheir resistance. In the interviews, teachers consistently ...

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2009-12-23

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Literacy and Numeracy Studies; Vol 17, No 3 (2009); 6-26

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UNESCO, Literacy and Leslie Limage

Joseph Lo Bianco; Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Rosie Wickert points out that, in literacy policy: ‘the stories of actors involved in policy struggles have been overlooked‘(2001: 90). The paper by Leslie Limage redresses this gap for the crucially important area of international multilateral agencies, specifically the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.  Her aim is to produce ‘a more clear-eyed look at how to advance the best of multilateral action in the field in which I have been involved at ...

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2009-12-03

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Literacy and Numeracy Studies; Vol 17, No 2 (2009); 35

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LNS 17.3

ALISA BELZER; Rutgers University ; RALF ST. CLAIR

Notes on LNS 17.3 contributors, subscription information, editorial policy and notes for contributors

Literacy and Numeracy Studies

2009-12-23

Literacy and Numeracy Studies; Vol 17, No 3 (2009); 1-5

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Extending Accountability: From compliance to learning

AJIT GOPALAKRISHNAN; Connecticut State Department of Education

The mandates of the US National Reporting System (NRS)accountability framework presented adult education at the state and locallevels with a quantitative, outcomes-based, mandatory system. In the earlyyears of the NRS, researchers explored the challenges of implementing largescaleaccountability systems and documented its early impact. With thecontinued implementation of the NRS over the past four to five years, thispaper takes a fresh look at the impact of those accountability ...

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2009-12-23

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Literacy and Numeracy Studies; Vol 17, No 3 (2009); 57-64

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Multilateral cooperation for literacy promotion under stress: governance and management issues

Leslie J. Limage

This paper analyses recent organizational change and governance in UNESCO. The Organization has given priority to the promotion of universal literacy since its inception in 1946. It has persisted in its dual approach to universal literacy through both universal primary education and literacy learning opportunities through formal provision and non-formal learning opportunities for adults and out-of-school youth. A major policy shift in 2006 to abandon systematic and programmatic ...

Literacy and Numeracy Studies

2009-12-03

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Literacy and Numeracy Studies; Vol 17, No 2 (2009); 4

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