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 9 and 10 - 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 - Recommended Print Resources
- Adult Education Publishers and Contact Information
- NRS ABE Educational Functioning Level Descriptors
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 National Reporting System levels for ESOL. - International literacy
Materials from International Literacy Day 2002 and the launch of UN Literacy Decade 2003-2012
Links to Instructional Resources
- GED preparation
- English for Speakers of Other Languages
- Civics education
- Workforce development
For more information about the LAC’s professional development work, contact Nell Eckersley, NYC Regional Adult Education Network, at 212.803.3316.
