A Redefined Federal Role in Adult Literacy: Integrated Policies, Programs, and Procedures. Background Paper Prepared for Project on Adult Literacy.

Autor/in	Pierce, William F.
Institution	Southport Inst. for Policy Analysis, Inc., CT.
Titel	A Redefined Federal Role in Adult Literacy: Integrated Policies, Programs, and Procedures. Background Paper Prepared for Project on Adult Literacy.
Quelle	(1988), (84 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Adult Basic Education; Adult Literacy; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Federal Government; Government Role; Literacy Education; Policy Formation; Program Administration; Program Development; Program Improvement; Public Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bundesregierung; Politische Betätigung; Programmplanung; Öffentliche Ordnung
Abstract	The Federal Government has been funding state- and locally operated adult literacy programs for nearly 25 years. Unfortunately, despite the best intentions and efforts, the federal initiative in adult literacy has been minimal, inefficient, and ineffective. There has been no consistent federal policy guiding the growth of programs since 1965. Neither has there been any mechanism for coordination among literacy efforts. There are three options for revising the existing organization structure for literacy programs within the Department of Education. The first is to consolidate existing programs into an existing federal agency, the second is to create an independent agency on adult literacy, and the third is to strengthen the existing structure. The Federal Government must formulate short- and long-term objectives to address the many problems facing adult literacy programming. The following are among the main problems facing adult literacy: unnecessary fragmentation of federal programs, programs with inconsistent and contradictory purposes, no systematic research agenda, no accountability at any level, no structured data collection and reporting system, no effective dissemination system, no coordination or cooperation among and between programs, and seriously inadequate funding. (MN)
Anmerkungen	The Project on Adult Literacy, Suite 415, 440 First Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01