Briefs
- 09/30/09-
10/02/09
- A Statewide Focus on Adolescent Literacy: Alabama: AYPF led a field trip to Birmingham, Alabama that enabled state policy leaders to learn about Alabama’s progress in addressing the need to improve literacy skills among adolescents. The Alabama Reading Initiative Project for Adolescent Literacy (ARI-PAL) is a statewide initiative focusing on secondary education that was launched in 2006. ARI-PAL schools implement a whole-school reform model focused on collaborative leadership, accelerated intervention, professional development, and strategic learning. Participants on the AYPF field trip learned about these essential components of reform, the curricular and staffing implications at the state and local levels, the policy context at the state level, as well as how the statewide initiative is being scaled up.
(Field Trip)
- 1/25/2008
- Improving the Transition from Middle Grades to High Schools: The Role of Early Warning Indicators with Robert Balfanz, Associate Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University; Elaine Allensworth, Co-Director for Statistical Analysis, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago; Craig Jerald, Independent Consultant, Break the Curve Consulting (Forum Brief)
- 4/20/2001
- Workforce Development and Literacy in New Zealand and the U.S.A., with Alice Johnson, senior analyst at the National Institute of Literacy. (Forum Brief)
- 7/30/1999
- Standards-Based Reform and Accountability: Analysis of Two States — North Carolina and Texas, with John Barth, National Education Goals Panel and David Grissmer, RAND. (Forum Brief)
- 7/18/1997
- Two Model Youth Media Projects: Teaching Literacy, Critical Thinking and Community Involvement, with Keith Hefner, Youth Communication and Steve Goodman, Educational Video Center. (Forum Brief)
- 9/8/1995
- What Do We Know About Young Adult Literacy and What Are We Doing About It? with Andrew Hartman, Director, National Institute for Literacy, and Irwin Kirsch, Educational Testing Service. (Forum Brief)
