1. A Niche Population?

2.  Specifically designed class  Focus on Literacy  Multiple Goals  Academic  Life Skills  Self Improvement

3.  “First level learners”  Beginning ABE  Beginning Basic  0-3.9 on TABE or CASAS  Rejoin the workforce/improve working conditions

4.  CASAS/TABE  EFLs 0-1.9 & 2-3.9

6.  18 years old  EFL 3.0  Wants GED  Yes

7.  25years old  Has GED/Diploma  EFL 3.5  Yes

8.  National Data  51 Million adults  Range 16.5 to 42.8 percent  About 9 percent have 4 years or less of schooling

9.  National Estimate for low literacy of adults  14.5 percent BPLS  13.6 Below Basic

10.  Basic Prose Literacy Skills  “the literacy of adults who lack BPLS ranges from being unable to read and understand any written information to being able only to locate easily identifiable information in short, commonplace prose text in English…”  ( NCES.2007)

12.  Data by County  Percent lacking BPLS  Including levels 1&2 increases percentages

13. Class One to one instruction (tutoring) Distance learning? Involve the LNC Know your student

15.  Activity  See how many you can complete in 10 minutes  How did you do?  It can be accomplished it just takes longer

16.  Limited resources  Time  Staffing  Showing progress

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