Full Report Available: Making Skills Everyone's Business

Hi all,

The full report, Making Skills Everyone's Business, is now available.  This report is based on:

• a review of the performance and outcomes of state adult education practices
• an assessment of states' status on various adult education reforms
• consultations with several nations that have developed national strategies for improving foundation skills of adults
• a literature review on instructional effectiveness
• review and analysis of U.S. data as reported in the OEDC report, Time for the U.S. to Reskill, and
• a nation-wide engagement process conducted by OCTAE leaders that sought input and recommendations from students and stakeholders.  

Making Skills Everyone’s Business, from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) describes how the convergence of activity around adult education and workforce fields has the potential to spark a coordinated national effort to address the lack of foundational skills among U.S. adults.  The NSC Leadership Council had the opportunity to weigh in at a special listening session hosted in conjunction with the 2014 Skills Summit. Many of the approaches highlighted in OCTAE’s report are already embraced by NSC members and partners. Read more about the report here.

Gail Cope, LINCS Program Management Group