[NLA] Thursday Notes, 2/21/02

[Tilghman, Rose]

>From the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Editor: Sarah Newcomb
Production: Rose Tilghman

February 21, 2002				
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Prospects Bleak for
Adults Lacking College

Adults lacking postsecondary learning will be short of job opportunities
through 2008, says Educational Testing Service senior scholar Anthony
Carnevale. Job seekers with educations below that of a typical dropout will
qualify for just 9% of the new jobs created between 1998 and 2008. Others
with education levels below an average high school graduate's will be
prepared for only 21% of the new jobs created in that period. Job seekers
with some postsecondary education will qualify for 36% of the new jobs.
Folks with a bachelor's degree will be ready for 33% of new jobs through
2008. Salaries also track education, Carnevale notes. Dropouts in 1998
earned an average of $20,300 while earners with some college brought home
$31,600 that year. See attached PowerPoint chart.

States Confer on
Trends, Targets

More than 100 State Directors of adult education and state staff met with
OVAE officials here February 12-15. They took a broad-brush look at trends
in adult education, including the role of adult education in preparing
workers for the 21st century economy. State Directors reviewed state and
national data to prepare to negotiate performance targets for adult
education to cover the next two years. New targets should be ready and
submitted to OVAE as a state plan revision by April 1. State Directors
offered a range of ideas for OVAE to consider to fine tune the National
Reporting System.

Governors Urged to 
Meet Challenges of
Online Assessment

Governors can meet the challenges of technology-based assessments by using a
nine-step approach, says a new policy brief from the National Governors'
Association. Steps include developing a multiyear plan, involving creative
thinkers, and going beyond delivery of conventional tests by computers. The
brief also reports on four states' large-scale initiatives for web-based
assessment in K-12 classes. These include SD, OR, VA and GA. Of those, SD
appears farthest along. It expects to deliver the state's Assessment of
Content Standards this spring only on the web. Two states, UT and NC, are
pursuing more limited computerized testing. See the NGA Center on Best
Practices at http://www.nga.org/center

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A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/

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