In 2001, the BBC created Skillswise, a free online tool developed to assist adult learners and adult educators on topics of English literacy and math. On this website, visitors will find resources that may be of interest to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) instructors, mathematics instructors, General Equivalency Diploma (GED) or High School Equivalency Test (HiSET)...
The New York State Department of Education and the City University of New York Adult Literacy/High School Equivalency (HSE) Program have collaborated to create CollectEdNY - a resource guide to free, online materials for adult educators. CollectEdNY was launched in 2015 by the aforementioned organizations and the Literacy Assistance Center. While aimed specifically for educators in New York state,...
Given the increasing importance of vocational and adult education across the country, it makes sense that the U.S. Department of Education would have a separate office dedicated to this facet of higher education. As their site notes, it has "information, research, and resources to help prepare young people and adults for postsecondary education, successful careers, and productive lives". The site...
The National Center for Education Statistics has posted a new Webpage devoted to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy 2002 program which will assess the current status of the English-language literacy skills of adults in the United States. The site presently offers a description of the purposes and goals of the program; posted and forthcoming working papers on adult literacy assessment; and...