Information on this page relates to adult education and literacy in general, including websites, reports, and other facts pertinent to the topic.
Facts and Statistics
General
- Census Scope Educational Attainment:2010 Census
- Data.gov: Education
- National Commision on Adult Literacy
- National Reporting System for Adult Education Programs: NRS
- Office of Adult and Vocational Education: OVAE, Includes reports on state performances
- The State of Adult Literacy, 2006: ProLiteracy PDF document
School Performance
- Graduation, Completion Dropout, and Post Secondary Data, VA Department of Education website
- U.S. High School Graduation Rates: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2002
- NCES Fast Facts: Drop Out Rates of High School Students, 1972-2006
- Public Schools Graduation Rates, 2002
- Virginia High School Graduation Rates
- Virginia High School Drop Out Rates
- Virginia – State Profile: 2005-06, NCES
Reports and Articles
- 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) on the NCES website
- 1993 Adult Literacy in America: NALS Report, PDF, NCES
- Adult Literacy in America: A First Look at Results from the Adult Education Program and Learner Surveys, 2007
- Adult Literacy and Poverty Alleviation: From Workforce Investment to Community Organizing, 2007
- Adult Student Waiting List Survey, 2006
- Graduated But Not Literate, Higher Ed, 2005
- Investing Wisely in Adult Learning is the Key to State Prosperity, 2005, SREB
- Little Progress on Adult Literacy, U.S. News & World Report, 2009
- Statistics, Strategies, and High Stakes Testing, The National Academic Press, Free PDF Access, must sign in.
- The Adult Education System in the United States, Talmadge Guy, UNESCO, 2005
- The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts, 2006, Civic Enterprises Report, PDF Document
- Transitioning Adults to College: Adult Basic Education Program Models, NCSALL, 2006
- White House Gives Adult Education the Highest Rating, TCALL, 2007
- Youth in Adult Literacy Programs, NCSALL, 2007
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