ABE, GED, and ESOL Resources
The LAC’s professional development for practitioners in adult and adolescent literacy programs stresses participatory education methodologies and evidence-based practices. Here are some of the resources we’ve developed and used in the course of our professional development work.
- GED An introduction to GED 2002, outlines and handouts from our intensive lesson-planning institute, and a noteworthy practices brief
- All about TABE A primer on TABE Forms 7 and 8
- Adolescent literacy resources Books, journals, and online texts including writings by adolescents
- Learning disabilities Organizations that support people with learning disabilities and those who work with them, as well as local referral sources
- Lists of recommended print resources and of adult education publishers with contact information
- NRS ABE Educational Functioning Level Descriptors (PDF, 143K) describes the current National Reporting System levels for adult basic education (see below for the current levels for English for Speakers of Other Languages)
- NRS ESOL Educational Function Level Descriptors describes the new National Reporting System levels for ESOL.
- International literacy Materials from International Literacy Day 2002 and the launch of UN Literacy Decade 2003-2012
We also offer an extensive array of links to instructional resources in
- GED preparation
- English for Speakers of Other Languages
- Civics education
- Workforce development
For more information about the LAC’s professional development work, contact Mariann Fedele, NYC Regional Adult Education Network, at 212.803.3325.