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5 Indicators for Adult Postsecondary Education and Training
5 Indicators for Adult Postsecondary Education and Training
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The workshop focused on two broad categories: continuing education opportunities that allow adults to pursue areas of personal interest or build skills and knowledge for their careers, and formal adult basic education programs for adults who have not earned a high school diploma. The indicators suggested are listed in Table 5-1.
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Most adult education services are provided through local education agencies, community colleges, libraries, community organizations, and correctional facilities, and also include programs to engage adults in the community, support families, and promote work and learning (U.S. Department of Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, 2011)
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CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTITUTIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND RESOURCES Types of On-the-Job Training Provided by Employers A basic measure of how much on-the-job training is available is important, in Stern's view, and could be obtained relatively easily through a supplement to the ongoing Current Employment Statistics Program run by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That survey of establishments is conducted monthly, and a supplement could be included yearly to ask about whether employers offer classroom instruction, online resources, or other educational opportunities, and about the proportion of employees involved, the duration of the educational opportunity, and how frequently it is available.
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INDIVIDUAL OUTCOMES Becoming a Naturalized Citizen and Voting Civic and social outcomes are key goals for formal adult education programs, Alamprese noted, and she suggested two possible indicators: (1) the percentage of adults aged 18 or older who pass the examination to become naturalized citizens and (2)
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" or a short essay question could be used to measure this attribute, and that attention to this factor would encourage schools to focus on it. CONTEXT Adult Literacy Rates A critical basic question, for Alamprese, is how literate adults in the United States are, so an indicator of adult literacy rates is needed.
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This is a very heterogeneous group, another noted, that includes recent immigrants who may have low English skills and may also lack knowledge of the education and work landscape in the United States. It may also include individuals with learning disabilities, recognized or not, who have not been successful in formal schooling.
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Data Collection While there was little disagreement about the importance of any of the indicators suggested, one participant was struck by the daunting challenge of collecting data and developing indicators. The United States has a number of valuable data sources already, another noted, but different agencies ask the questions, and each one has to do it a little differently, so you cannot actually compare a lot of the data over time.
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