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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>The
copyrighted following story appears in today's issue of Report on Literacy
Programs. If you would like to receive a copy of the entire issue via e- or
snail mail, please send your request directly to me, not to the NLA listserv.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=BPIHeadline><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>Performance Report to Congress<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></b></p>
<p class=BPIHeadline><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>Indicates Huge Enrollment Drop<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></b></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>More than 1 million people, most of them
members of minority groups, disappeared from Education Department statistics on
state-by-state enrollments in federally funded adult <span class=GramE>ed</span>
and family literacy programs after the department imposed the National
Reporting System (NRS) in 1999.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>After almost a year of delays, officials at
the department's Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL) have
finally released their first-of-its-kind report to Congress on the NRS, a system
intended to measure the performance of all federally funded programs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>RLP</span></i> shared the report with eminent literacy consultant </font><st1:PersonName>Thomas
Sticht</st1:PersonName> for an exclusive, detailed analysis. Among his findings:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>*</span></font>
Total enrollment in Program Year 1999-2000 (fiscal year 1999) was approximately
2.9 million - 1.1 million less than the 4 million the department had
previously reported for PY'97-98 (FY'97). Sticht calculated that
Californians represent 87 percent of the decline; Hispanics represent 56 percent;
Asians and Pacific Islanders represent 23.5 percent; whites represent 16.5 percent;
and African-Americans represent 4 percent.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>*</span></font>
Local programs spent an average of $126.21 per student during PY'99-00.
Those in <st1:State><st1:place>North Dakota</st1:place></st1:State> spent an
average of $509.45, while those in <st1:State><st1:place>South Carolina</st1:place></st1:State>
spent $46.48. Programs in four states spent more than $300 per student, while
those in 12 states spent less than $100.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>*</span></font>
Nine states reported above-average student progress in literacy skills at all
seven performance levels covered by the NRS: <st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<st1:State><st1:place>Kentucky</st1:place></st1:State>, <st1:State><st1:place>Maryland</st1:place></st1:State>,
<st1:State><st1:place>North Carolina</st1:place></st1:State>, <st1:State><st1:place>North
Dakota</st1:place></st1:State>, <st1:State><st1:place>Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>,
<st1:State><st1:place>Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>, <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee</st1:place></st1:State>
and <st1:State><st1:place>Utah</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>*</span></font>
Fourteen states reported below-average progress: <st1:State><st1:place>Alabama</st1:place></st1:State>,
<st1:State><st1:place>California</st1:place></st1:State>, <st1:State><st1:place>Florida</st1:place></st1:State>,
<st1:State><st1:place>Iowa</st1:place></st1:State>, <st1:State><st1:place>Kansas</st1:place></st1:State>,
<st1:State><st1:place>Massachusetts</st1:place></st1:State>, <st1:State><st1:place>Missouri</st1:place></st1:State>,
<st1:State><st1:place>Nebraska</st1:place></st1:State>, <st1:State><st1:place>New
Hampshire</st1:place></st1:State>, <st1:place><st1:City>New York</st1:City>, <st1:State>Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place>,
<st1:State><st1:place>South Carolina</st1:place></st1:State>, <st1:State><st1:place>Texas</st1:place></st1:State>
and <st1:State><st1:place>Washington</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>*</span></font>
"Overall, there was no significant correlation between per-enrollee funds
and performance on the seven literacy achievement levels," Sticht found. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>*</span></font>
There was no correlation between funding and dropout rates. On average, 25.5
percent of all students dropped out before completing programs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>*</span></font>
Likewise, there were no correlations between statewide performance and the adoption
of such popular reform schemes as Equipped for the Future or managed
enrollment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar align=center style='text-align:center'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Sticht: Numbers Are Highly Questionable</span></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Sticht does not believe the enrollment drop
is real. Rather, he believes it is a reflection of the large number of local
programs that pulled out of the federally funded grant system because they
could not comply with NRS requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>"In an informal conversation I once had
with [former DAEL Director] Ron <span class=SpellE>Pugsley</span>, he mentioned
that numerous programs in </span></span></font><st1:State><st1:place>California</st1:place></st1:State>
had pulled out," Sticht says. The veteran researcher remains quite skeptical
about the NRS overall.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>"It struck me that any kind of system
you implement where suddenly you go from 4 million down to 2.9, you've
got to say something about that. What happened? ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>"Somebody, someplace, somewhere in the
federal government should have said something about it, and it's not in
that report. The report acts as though nothing happened before Program Year 1999-2000.
That's why I had to go back to the [DAEL Web] site and look at the
'98 data. Congress didn't have any idea [from the report] that
[DAEL] had lost 28 percent of their enrollment."<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Beyond the reporting problems, Sticht says
the entire NRS is highly questionable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>"We really don't know exactly how
good the measures are. Nonetheless, these are the measures being put forward as
indicators of achievement."<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Although the department forwarded an advance
copy of the report to Congress last November and sent a version to each state
director of adult <span class=GramE>ed</span>, the Bush appointees who run the
department would not share it with the media or post it on a public Web site
until now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>The stated rationale was that Congress needed
time to review the report and perhaps comment on it before the department
released the final version, but department officials still decline to answer
questions about the report from <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>RLP</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar align=center style='text-align:center'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Public Report Mandated by Law</span></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>The annual report to Congress is mandated by
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 1998 (AEFLA, also known as Title
II of the Workforce Investment Act), which reauthorized federally funded adult
ed and family literacy programs for fiscal years 1999-2003. This fall, DAEL
will report to Congress on PY'2000-01.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>The act requires every state accepting such
funds to adopt performance measures for the local programs that will ultimately
receive the federal pass-through dollars. The measures must include: 1) skill
improvements in reading, writing and speaking English; <span class=SpellE>numeracy</span>;
and problem-solving; 2) placements in, retentions in or completions of
postsecondary education, job training, unsubsidized employment or career
advancement; and 3) receipt of high school diplomas or <span class=SpellE>GEDs</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>States are also allowed to adopt additional
measures, so long as they are quantifiable and indicate progress or lack of
progress toward "continuous improvement." Each state was allowed to
negotiate the specific measures it would use when submitting its first annual
report to DAEL by the end of 2000. DAEL is required to make those reports
public and disseminate state-by-state comparisons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>The state reporting process had detractors
long before DAEL sent its first report to Congress last fall. The criticism
began almost one year ago, when <span class=SpellE>Pugsley</span> said in his
weekly e-mail newsletter that, "Most states met or exceeded their [AEFLA]
performance targets...." He immediately qualified that rosy claim,
conceding, "Many of the performance targets negotiated with the department
tended to be at the low end of the spectrum in this first year."<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
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<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Contact:</span></i> Tom Sticht, consultant (619) 444-9133, e-mail: <a
href="mailto:tsticht@aznet.net">tsticht@aznet.net</a>.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class=BPINormalChar><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, Report to Congress on State
Performance, Program Year 1999-2000</span></i> is available for free from the Education
Publications Center, (877) 433-7827 or (800) USA-LEARN; e-mail: <a
href="mailto:edpubs@inet.ed.gov">edpubs@inet.ed.gov</a>; Web sites: <a
href="http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html">http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html</a>
or <a href="http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE">http: //www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Dave Speights, Editor</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Report on Literacy Programs</span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street><st1:address><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>8737 Colesville
Road, Suite 1100</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Silver Spring</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'>, </span></font><st1:State><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>MD</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'> </span></font><st1:PostalCode><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>20910-3928</span></font></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>(301) 587-6300, ext. 349</span></font><span
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