KTVZ

‘If I can do it, you can do it too!’: COCC’s Adult Basic Skills program expands to meet the region’s growing need

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Central Oregon Community College has been busy expanding their Adult Basic Skills program and is now able to help nearly twice as many students achieve their goals as just a year ...
The Bulletin

COCC’s Adult Basic Skills program expanded for fall term

The Adult Basic Skills program at Central Oregon Community College is gaining more support courses this fall for students enrolled in Career Technical Education classes. The program includes English ...
Business Wire

No Improvement in American Adults' Literacy, Numeracy, or Digital Problem-Solving Skills, According to New Report From the National Center for Education Statistics

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty-nine percent of American adults performed at the lowest level for numeracy on a major international study, according to a new report released today by the National ...
Education Week

Millions of Adults Lack Basic Reading Skills Needed for Good Jobs (Video)

In the U.S., 36 million adults lack the basic literacy skills needed to land family-supporting jobs—they struggle to read a street sign, a pay stub, or a menu. Yet education programs for this group ...
Helsinki

There is ongoing need for strengthening adults basic skills - new research from Tiina Parviainen

Tiina Parviainen, Kaisa Räty, and Markku Jahnukainen examined the support for adults’ basic skills in vocational education in their recent research article. The study focused on OPVA studies, which ...
Education Week

Millions of Adults Lack Basic Reading Skills Needed for Good Jobs

In the U.S., 36 million adults lack the basic literacy skills needed to sustain employment -- yet education programs for this group serve only about 1.5 million, and funding continues to be cut at ...