Reports

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• Report #29 (March 2007):
  The Relationship of the Component Skills of Reading to IALS Performance: Tipping Points and Five Classes of Adult Literacy Learners
  by John Strucker, Kentaro Yamamoto, and Irwin Kirsch
  Brief
  
  
• Report #28 (March 2006):
  Learners' Engagement in Adult Literacy Education
  by Hal Beder, Jessica Tomkins, Patsy Medina, Regina Riccioni, and Weiling Deng
  Brief
  
  
• Report #27 (January 2006):
  An Evaluation of the NCSALL Publication Focus on Basics
  by Barbara Garner, Marco Boscolo, John Comings, Donna Curry, Kelly McClure, and Cristine Smith
  Brief
  
  
• Report #26 (November 2003):
  The Characteristics and Concerns of Adult Basic Education Teachers
  by Cristine Smith and Judy Hofer
  Brief
  Survey and Methodology for Assessing ABE Teachers' Characteristics and Concerns
  
  
• Report #25 (November 2003):
  How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education
  by Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer, Marilyn Gillespie, Marla Solomon, and Karen Rowe
  Report Summary
  Brief
  
  
• Report #24 (September 2003):
  Living with It: Federal Policy Implementation in Adult Basic Education
  by Alisa Belzer
  Brief
  
  
• Report #23 (October 2002):
  THE FIRST FIVE YEARS: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy 1996-2001
  
  
• Report #22 (July 2002):
  Connecting Practitioners and Researchers: An Evaluation of NCSALL's Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network
  by Cristine Smith, Mary Beth Bingman, Judy Hofer, Patsy Medina, and Practitioner Leaders
  Report Summary
  Brief
  
  
• Report #21 (May 2002):
  Open to Interpretation: Multiple Intelligences Theory in Adult Literacy Education
  by Silja Kallenbach and Julie Viens
  Brief
  
  
• Report #20 (March 2002):
  Documenting Outcomes for Learners and Their Communities: A Report on a NCSALL Action Research Project
  by Mary Beth Bingman with Olga Ebert and Brenda Bell
  Brief
  
  

• Report #19 (August 2001): Full Monograph
  Toward a New Pluralism in ABE/ESOL Classrooms: Teaching to Multiple "Cultures of Mind"
  by Robert Kegan, Maria Broderick, Eleanor Drago-Severson, Deborah Helsing, Nancy Popp, and Kathryn Portnow

  Introduction/Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Appendix A
  Appendix B

  Executive Summary
  Brief


• Report #18 (December 2001):
  Classroom Dynamics in Adult Literacy Education
  by Hal Beder and Patsy Medina
  Report Summary
  Brief
  
  
• Report #17 (November 2000):
  Affecting Change in Literacy Practices of Adult Learners: Impact of Two Dimensions of Instruction
  by Victoria Purcell-Gates, Sophie Degener, Erik Jacobson, and Marta Soler
  Brief
  
  
• Report #16 (April 2000):
  The Devil is in the Details: Evidence from the GED on the Role of Examination System Details in Determining Who Passes
  by John H. Tyler, Richard J. Murnane, and John B. Willett
  Brief
  
  
• Report #15 (April 2000):
  Cognitive Skills Matter in the Labor Market, Even for School Dropouts
  by John H. Tyler, Richard J. Murnane, and John B. Willett
  Brief
  
  
• Report #14 (January 2000):
  An Overview of Medical and Public Health Literature Addressing Literacy Issues: An Annotated Bibliography
  by Rima Rudd, Tayla Colton, and Robin Schacht
  Brief
  
  
• Report #13 (February 2000):
  "I've Come A Long Way:" Learner-Identified Outcomes of Participation in Adult Literacy Programs
  by Mary Beth Bingman and Olga Ebert
  Brief
  
  
• Report #12 (December 1999):
  Persistence Among Adult Basic Education Students in Pre-GED Classes
  by John P. Comings, Andrea Parrella, and Lisa Soricone
  Brief
  
  Links to related documents:
  
  
  • "One Day I Will Make It" – A Study of Adult Student Persistence in Library Literacy Programs (January 2005)
    by Kristin E. Porter, Sondra Cuban, and John P. Comings, with Valerie Chase
  
  
  • "As Long As It Takes" – Responding to the Challenges of Adult Student Persistence in Library Literacy Programs (April 2003)
    by Johannes Bos, John T. Comings, Sondra Cuban, and Kristin Porter, with Fred C. Doolittle
  
  
  • "I Did It For Myself" – Studying Efforts to Increase Adult Learner Persistence in Library Literacy Programs (September 2001)
    by John P. Comings, Sondra Cuban, Johannes M. Bos, and Catherine J. Taylor
  
  


• Report #11 (December 1999):
  Changes in Learners' Lives One Year After Enrollment in Literacy Programs: An Analysis from the Longitudinal Study of Adult Literacy Participants in Tennessee
  by Mary Beth Bingman, Olga Ebert, and Michael Smith
  Brief
  
  
• Report #10 (April 1999):
  The Impact of Welfare Reform on Adult Literacy Education: Conference Papers and Themes From Small Group Sessions


• Politics, Policy, Practice and Personal Responsibility: Adult Education in an Era of Welfare Reform by Deborah D'Amico
  
• Welfare, Jobs and Basic Skills: The Employment Prospects of Welfare Recipients in the Most Populous U.S. Counties
  by Alec R. Levenson, Elaine Reardon & Stefanie R. Schmidt
  
• Themes from the Small Group Sessions
  by Hal Beder
  
• Families First: Implications of Welfare Reform for Tennessee Adult Basic Education
  by Connie White, Mary Ziegler & Beth Bingman

Brief


• Report #9 (January 1999):
  Findings From a National Survey of State Directors of Adult Education
  by Rima Rudd, L. Zahner, and M. Banh
  Brief
  
  
• Report #8 (August 1999):
  Adult Educators' Perceptions of Health Issues and Topics in Adult Basic Education Programs
  by Rima E. Rudd and Barbara A. Moeykens
  Brief
  
  
• Report #6 (January 1999):
  The Outcomes and Impacts of Adult Literacy Education in the United States
  by Hal Beder
  Brief
  
  
• Report #6A (January 1999):
  Appendix to the Outcomes and Impacts of Adult Literacy Education in the United States
  by Patsy Medina
  
  
• Report #5 (August 1998):
  Integrating Health and Literacy: Adult Educator's Experiences
  by Rima Rudd
  Brief
  
  
• Report #4 (July 1998):
  Practitioners Speak: Contributing to a Research Agenda for Adult Basic Education
  by Practitioner Dissemination & Research Network
  Brief
  
  
• Report #2 (July 1998):
  Adult Literacy Program Practice: A Typology Across Dimensions of Life-Contextualized/Decontextualized and Dialogic/Monologic
  by Victoria Purcell-Gates, Sophie Degener, and Erik Jacobson
  Brief
  
  
• Report #1 (July 1998):
  Contested Ground: Performance Accountability in Adult Basic Education
  by Juliet Merrifield
  Brief