Risk Factors

Review of Adult Learning and Literacy

• Lessons of Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children for Adult Learning and Literacy
  Catherine E. Snow and John Strucker (1999) (Annual Review, Volume 1, Chapter 2)

Focus on Basics

• Understanding The Complexities of Offenders’ Special Learning Needs
  Laura Weisel, Alan Toops, and Robin Schwarz (FOB,Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005)
• Youth Cultural Competence: A Pathway for Achieving Outcomes with Youth
  Josh Weber (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004)
• Sudan to South Dakota: Helping Youth Make the Transition
  Lara Ann Frey & Yvonne Lerew (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004)
• The Neurobiology of Reading and Dyslexia
  Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D. & Bennett A. Shaywitz, M.D. (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August 2001)
• The K-12 School Experiences of High School Dropouts
  Stephen Reder & Clare Strawn (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001)
• Across the Great Divide
  Jeri Levesque (FOB, Volume 4, Issue C, December 2000)
• Accommodating Math Students with Learning Disabilities
  Rochelle Kenyon (FOB, Volume 4, Issue B, September 2000)
• The Process of Passing the GED
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998)
• The First Three Weeks: A Critical Time for Motivation
  B. Allan Quigley (FOB, Volume 2, Issue A, March 1998)
• Learner Motivation Study
  (FOB, Volume 2, Issue A, March 1998)
• Poe, Alcoholism, and ESOL
  Lynne McCarthy & Bernadette Comeau (FOB, Volume 1, Issue D, December 1997)
• Applying Research on the Last Frontier
  Karen Backlund with Kathy Bond (FOB, Volume 1, Issue A, February 1997)

NCSALL Reports

• "I've Come A Long Way": Learner-Identified Outcomes of Participation in Adult Literacy Programs.
  Bingman, B. & Ebert, O. (2000) (NCSALL Report #13)
• The Impact of Welfare Reform on Adult Literacy Education: Conference Papers and Themes from Small Group Sessions.
  DíAmico, D., Levenson, A. & White, C. (1999) (NCSALL Report #10)
• Persistence Among Adult Basic Education Students in Pre-GED Classes.
  Comings, J., Parrella, A. & Soricone, L. (1999) (NCSALL Report #12)