We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
What Can We Learn From Developmental Reading Research in Postsecondary Education? is a review of developmental reading methods used in the college environment and what is known about “strategic readers.” World Education, 2005.
The SABES Central Resource Center at World Education is the primary provider of professional development for Massachusetts ABE license-seekers through regional cohorts, individual TA, and license-compatible courses. This Handbook guides teachers through the process of getting their teachers license. World Education, 2013.
The College Transition Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to program planning and implementation that draws on the expertise of practitioners from the New England ABE-to-College Transition Project and from around the country. The Toolkit is a CD with a flexible, navigable, HTML format that enables you to move easily between chapter topics, accompanying documents, and…
The Life Skills, College and Career Readiness Guide for ESOL Learners is designed to guide lesson planning for instruction and counseling/ advising to support ESOL students in preparing for employment or college. World Education, October 2011.
The NCTN Promising Practice Series presents detailed descriptions of strategies from the field that are designed to promote the successful transition of students from ABE to postsecondary education. Preparing Students for College-level Math is a promising practice from Portland Adult Education that presents detailed strategies designed to promote the successful transition of students from adult…
Thinking Beyond Increased Participation: Integrating Civics and Adult ESOL paper outlines a guiding process for civic participation projects that reflects the lessons learned from dozens of past projects implemented by World Education/US, and informed by current discussions in civic education, adult learning theory and research.
The College for Adults student website helps nontraditional learners with career planning, college selection and the application process. The site also includes information for adult learners transitioning to college with disabilities about their rights, ways to study, and available services.
Research-based Adult Reading Instruction provides comprehensive instructions for facilitating a ten-hour study circle exploring differing theories of the reading process, the four major components of reading, the implications for teaching, and the development of learners' reading profiles. Research-based Adult Reading Instruction is available online or in hard copy with a $25.00 fee to cover shipping…
The purpose of the Massachusetts Professional Content Standards for Adult Mathematics and Numeracy is to provide a foundation for building the capacity of ABE and ESOL instructors and strengthening the quality of instruction in adult classrooms. Mathematics and numeracy are related but are not synonymous. Numeracy reflects the use of mathematics in daily life. This…
This document provides guidance for conducting community HIV counselling and testing, an approach that uses existing community competencies in dealing with HIV in general, and HIV counselling and testing in particular. The COHCT concept is premised on the knowledge that HIV counselling and testing is an entry point into HIV prevention, care, and support and…
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