Resources
American Association of School Librarians - Standards for the 21st-Century LearnerStandards for the 21st-Century Learner offer vision for teaching and learning to both guide and beckon our profession as education leaders. They will both shape the library program and serve as a tool for library media specialists to use to shape the learning of students in the school.
The 2003 National Assessment of Adult LiteracyThe 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy is a nationally representative assessment of English literacy among American adults age 16 and older. Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NAAL is the nation's most comprehensive measure of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS).
National Commission on Adult Literacy - Reach Higher AmericaAn economy that thrives in the new global environment! A workforce educated
for jobs that pay a family-sustaining wage! America flourishing as a secure democracy
and world leader! Powerful demographic evidence points to a clear connection
between these ideals and the need for adult education and workforce skills services
in America--on a scale unprecedented in history. Following two years of study,
the National Commission on Adult Literacy calls for a program on the scale
of a “domestic Marshall plan” to achieve these goals.
The Commission’s report, Reach Higher, AMERICA: Overcoming Crisis in
the U.S. Workforce, calls for a dramatically revamped service system with the
capacity to effectively serve 20 million adults annually by the year 2020. It also
calls for resetting the educational mission of this new system to demonstrated
readiness for postsecondary education and job training.
Established in 1995, the National Institute for Literacy online discussion lists give thousands of literacy stakeholders on-going professional development opportunities where participants can discuss the literacy field's critical issues; share resources, experiences, and ideas; ask questions of subject experts; and keep up-to-date on literacy issues. Each discussion list is moderated by a national organization with expertise in the topic area.
The National Institute for Literacy PublicationsThe National Institute for Literacy develops publications for families and educators of learners across the lifespan. Copies can be ordered by calling the National Institute for Literacy at EDPubs at 1-800-228-8813 (TDD/TTY1-877-576-7734) by emailing edpubs@inet.ed.gov, or faxing 1-301-470-1244.
The National Institute for Literacy Resource CentersThe purpose of the LINCS Regional Resource Centers (Centers) is to disseminate high-quality resources using various approaches (highlighting online materials, in-person technical assistance, distance learning, and discussion lists) through partnerships with adult education and related organizations to help practitioners use evidence-based instructional practices that improve outcomes in adult learners' literacy skills.
The National Institute for Literacy Resource CollectionsThe new LINCS Resource Collections are online subject-oriented collections of high quality instructional resources, including multi-media resources, informed by research, especially scientifically based and other rigorous research, for use by adult education and literacy educators.
ThinkfinityThinkfinity.org is the cornerstone of Verizon Foundation's literacy, education and technology initiatives. Our goal is to improve student achievement in traditional classroom settings and beyond by providing high-quality content and extensive professional development training.
This free, comprehensive digital learning platform is built upon the merger of two acclaimed programs Verizon MarcoPolo and the Thinkfinity Literacy Network.
Thinkfinity also includes a section for libraries titled Thinkfinity @ Your Library
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