Prison Literacy: Implications for Program and Assessment Policy.

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NATIONAL CENTER ON ADULT LITERACYPRISON LITERACY:IMPUCATIONS FOR PROGRAMAND ASSESSMENT POUCYAnabel P. NewmanWarren LewisCaroline BeverstockIndiana UniversityTECHNICAL REPORT TR93-1SEPTEMBER 1993CO-PUBLISHED WITH0ERK CALYINCHOUSE ("4 RuaNG ApoCOMMUMCAIION Sou2805 EAST 101H STRUT, SU11 150ERICiLOOMINGTCN, INDIANA 47408-2698U S. DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATIONOmce or Educatronal Research and ImprovementEDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATIONCENTER (ERICITrims document has been rOICclacerl asreceived from the Person or organizavonoriginating .10 Mtnot Changes hove been made to .rnprovsreproduction guitarPconts 01 new or Ocan.ons $tated in thla dOCuwent do not neceslanly represent offIcraIOE RI OOSthOn POhChNA i!ONAI_ LEN-1E1-f eN L CYPHILADELPHih. P Y. 211'1-EL (2-.: r-AA;.tit ,
PRISON LITERACY:IMPUCATIONS FOR PROGRAMAND ASSESSMENT POLICYAnabel P. NewmanWarren LewisCaroline BeverstockIndiana UniversityTECHNICAL REPORT 1R93-1SEPTEMBER 1993CO-PUIIIISHED WITH6ERIC Oursweicar ON Runte6 ANDComummoN Sous2805 EAST 101H Soar, &ATE 150[ERIC111.00AVNGTON, IMAM 47408-2698This work was supported by frnding from the National Center on Adult Literacy at theUniversity of Penisylvanta, which is part of the Educational Research and DevelopmentCenter Pmgrarn (grant No. R117Q00003) as administered by the Office of EducationalResearch and Improvement, U.S.Department of Education, in cooperation with theDepartments of Health and Human Services and Labor. The findings and opinionsexpressed here do not necessarily reflect the position or policies of the Office of EducationalResearch and Improvement or the U.S. Department of Education.NADONAL CENTER ON ADULT UTERACY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 3910 CHESTNUT STREET, MAMMA, PA 19104-31113
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Page 5 and 6: ACKNOWLEDGMEN TSOne of the hidden b
Page 7 and 8: project, his major effort at workin
Page 9 and 10: H. Implications for a Model Literac
Page 11 and 12: ABSTRACTAmerica, already with far m
Page 13 and 14: The results of study, and the revie
Page 15 and 16: A. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:PUTTIN
Page 17 and 18: vocational training, and prison ind
Page 19 and 20: driver-instruction manual, grasp jo
Page 21 and 22: C. WHO ARE THE INCARCERATEDNEEDING
Page 23 and 24: habilitation is the purpose of inca
Page 25 and 26: Americans find themselves as inmate
Page 27 and 28: 72% of the prisons surveyed offered
Page 29 and 30: A most insightful study of "learnin
Page 31 and 32: numbers of inmates enrolled in thes
Page 33 and 34: D. THE BACKGROUND OFPRISON LITERACY
Page 35 and 36: vocational education towards post-r
Page 37 and 38: Two years later, Brockway attended
Page 39 and 40: By the 1960s, unevenness in prison
Page 41 and 42: that "a prisoner is not stripped of
Page 43 and 44: E. ILLITERACY AND CRIMINALITY:LITER
Page 45 and 46: indicated a range of abilities that
Page 47 and 48: Others similarly have uttered cavea
Page 49 and 50: Characteristics of Effective Litera
Page 51 and 52: F. THE PARADIGMS OF PRISONEDUCATION
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unreformed attitude among the priso
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may be resolved, this human factor
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educators, but, surely, the best th
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6. THE COGNITIVE ELEMENTMoral reaso
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In her most recent restatement of t
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Thus whether one opts for student c
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on literacy education, teaching met
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libraries, though inmates were perm
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new jail is under construction tbat
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1. A LITERACY PROGRAM EDUCATES BROA
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vocational education within a workp
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Another reason to remove education
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not to self-efficacy, i.e., adaptiv
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4. A UTERACY PROGRAM IS COST-EFFEME
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corrections costs, increase offende
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until one is satisfied with the pro
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as a legal resource, use of bibliot
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counselors and teachers, but not if
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skills. Besides computers, interact
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offer the promise of increased atte
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I. ASSESSMENT OF LEARNERS ANDEVALUA
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inconsistency, and unreliability, e
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expect attrition in the population
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ability, tests of learning potentia
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of prison-related authorities with
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Program evaluation and learner asse
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APPENDIX A: CHECKLIST OF QUESTIONSF
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PARADIGMS (EXAMPLES OR MODELS) OF P
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PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)No. Question Y.
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IIIII1IIIIII1IIIIIIPROGRAMS (CONTIN
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IIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIII-PROGRAMS (CONTI
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IIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIPROGRAMS (CONTIN
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1EDUCATIONAL STMF (CONTINUED)No. Qu
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GOVERNANCENo. Owes lion Y. s No. Do
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COMMUNICATIONS (CONTINUED)No. Quest
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LIBRARIES (CONTINUED)No. Question Y
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I1IIIIIIIIIIIITECHNOLOGY (CONTINUED
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ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION (CONTINUE
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ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION (CONTINUE
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IiiIJAILS (CONTINUED)No. Ouostion Y
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IIIPoucy (CONTINUED)No. Question Y.
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POUCY (CONTINUED)No. Ouestion Yes N
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POLICY (CONTINUED)No. Question Yes
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APPENDIX B: AREAS IN NEED OFFURTHER
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11. Determination of whether the ed
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11 Holt V. Sarver (II) [309 F.Supp.
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female, and their numbers have decl
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community (Ryan, 1989); the Folloup
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excellent auto mechanics and cosmet
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48 Hamm, 1988, p. 147; Oh lin, 1986
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and Correctional Education Associat
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citizens enjoyed, lending to each s
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