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Focus On Basics

Volume 4, Issue D ::: April 2001

Current Research in Adult Learning and Literacy

by Jessica Mortensen
Foremost among the goals of both this publication and the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) is to provide information that is accessible and relevant to the field of adult basic education and by so doing connect research and practice. To further improve this link, we have compiled the following tables which detail research projects currently being undertaken within the fields of adult learning and literacy.

This article represents information gathered from a network of organizations who are affiliated or in contact with NCSALL or whose researchers have previously contributed to this publication. It is by no means comprehensive of all of the research being completed. Table 1 outlines studies being conducted by NCSALL at its partner institutions and other facilities as indicated. Table 2 describes ongoing research projects being completed by institutions other than NCSALL.

If you have further information about studies which have not been included in the following charts, please contact us so that we can add them. While the amended information may not be published again in Focus on Basics for some time, we will be posting these descriptions on our web site and updating it as we become aware of other research. To alert us about other projects, please contact Jessica Mortensen, (617) 482-9485 or jmortensen@worlded.org. For more specific information about individual projects than is provided here, please contact the project directors listed below.


Table 1. NCSALLStudies
Note: an * indicates a NCSALL partner institution

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)
Harvard Graduate School of Education
101 Nichols House · Appian Way · Cambridge, MA 02138 · (617) 495-4843 · ncsall@gse.harvard.edu


World Education*
44 Farnsworth Street · Boston, MA 02210 · (617) 482-9485 · ncsall@worlded.org


Center for Literacy Studies
University of Tennessee*
600 Henley Street · Suite 312 · Knoxville, TN 37996-2135 · (423) 974-4109 · ncsall@utk.edu


Graduate School of Education
Rutgers University*
10 Seminary Place · New Brunswick, NJ 08903 · (732) 932-7496 · hbeder@rci.rutgers.edu


Portland State University*
P.O. Box 751 · Portland, OR 97207-0751 · (503) 725-3999 · ncsall@pdx.edu


Harvard School of Public Health
SPH3 330 · 677 Huntington Avenue · Boston, MA 02115 · (617) 432-3753 · rrudd@hsph.harvard.edu


Brown University
Education Department · Box 1938 · Providence, RI 02912 · (617) 432-3753 · john_tyler@brown.edu


Michigan State University
Department of Teacher Education · East Lansing, MI 48824 · (517) 432-4840 · vpgates@msu.edu

 


Table 2. Other Studies


Abt Associates, Inc.
4800 Montgomery Lane · Suite 600 · Bethesda, MD 20814 · (301) 718-3168 · judy_alamprese@abtassoc.com · www.abtassoc.com 


National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL)
325 W. Main Street · Suite 200 · Louisville, KY 40202 · (502) 584-1133 · jtucker@famlit.org · www.famlit.org 


RMC Research Corporation
1815 N. Fort Myer Drive · Arlington, VA 22209 · (703) 558-4823 · stromans@rmcarl.com


American Institutes for Research, Pelavin Research Center
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street · Washington, DC 20007 · (202) 944-5331 · Lcondelli@air.org · www.air.org


Research Triangle Institute
P.O. Box 12194 · Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 · (919) 541-6313 · BGE@rti.org · www.rti.org


Royce and Royce, Inc.
1938 Crooked Oak Drive · Lancaster, PA 17601 · (717) 569-1663 · sjroyce@earthlink.net 


Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
Georgia State University
University Plaza · Atlanta, GA 30303 · (404) 651-0400


U.S. Department of Education
Rehabilitation Service Administration
Mary E. Switzer Building · 330 C Street SW · Washington, DC 20202 · (202) 205-9883


National Center on Adult Literacy
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104 · (215) 898-4539 · ginsburg@literacy.upenn.edu · www.literacy.org 


Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
The Pennsylvania State University
102 Rackley Building · University Park PA 16802-3202 · (814) 863-3777


 

About the Author

Jessica Mortensen is a Staff Associate at World Education in Boston and member of NCSALL's dissemination team.

Updated 7/27/07 :: Copyright © 2005 NCSALL