Adult Literacy Basics
This is the most common hig school equivalency exam in the U.S.
What is the GED - General Educational Development Test?
This key goal of family literacy programs involves parents and children learning together.
A. intergenerational learning
B. parent-child learning
C. interfamily learning
What is intergenerational learning?
The process of sounding out words by mapping letters to their corresponding sounds.
A. Spelling
B. Phonics
C. Vocabulary
What is phonics?
Improved literacy has been shown to lead to higher employment rates and greater success in this key economic area.
1. workforce development
2. unemployment
3. high school drop out rates
What is workforce development?
What does AEL stand for?
What is Adult Education and Literacy?
Name the 3 subjects that students are tested for adult education. (hint - TABE)
What are reading, writing and math?
A well-known nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing family literacy, name after a former first lady.
A. Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
B. Hilary Clinton Foundation for Family Literacy
C. Michelle Obama Foundation for Family Literacy
What is the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy?
A. reading clues
B. reading comprehension
C. reading context
What is reading comprehension?
The primary month is which National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week is observed.
What is September?
How many hours must you spend in the classroom before taking a TABE post test?
This federal act, which stands for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, helps fund adult education programs and workforce development initiatives.
What is WIOA?
Research suggests this is the greatest determinant of a child's future academic success, even more than family income.
A. Mother's Occupation
B. Mother's number of children
C. Mother's Reading Skill
What is a mother's reading skill?
Morphology is the study of language's word formation, including its word roots, prefixes, and ______________. (hint...ending of words)
What are suffixes?
National AEFL Week is designed to raise public awareness and increase financial and societal support for these types of programs. Pick 2 answers
A. family literacy
B. adult education
C. college education
What does ELL stand for?
What is English Language Learners?
According to statistics cited by the National Coalition for Literacy, roughly this many U.S. adults struggle with basic literacy skills.
A. 23 million
B. 33 million
C. 43 million
This term describes programs that integrate adult literacy, parent education, and early childhood education services.
A. Family Literacy
B. Parent Literacy
C. Child Literacy
What is family literacy?
TESOL focuses on multilingual learners of English. This word stands for
Teaching
English to
Speakers of
Other
L _____________.
What is Languages?
In addition to economic benefits, better adult literacy can lead to increase participation in civic engagement as well as improved ______________.
A. driving skills
B. social skills
C health
What is health outcomes?
Approximately, how many students were eligible to graduate in our program in May 2025? These students successfully complete their High School Equivalency or ELL program.
A. 57
B. 67
C. 77
What is 77 students?
This nonprofit organization was a key indicator in establishing National AEFL Week, working with members of Congress to have the week formally recognized.
A. National Coalition for Adult Education
B. National Coalition for Literacy
C. National Coalition for High School Equivalency
What is the National Coalition for Literacy (NCL)?
A study by Gallup, commissioned by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, showed that if all adults reached this reading level, the U.S. could generate an additional $2.2 trillion in annual income.
A. 5th grade reading level
B. 6th grade reading level
C. 7th grade reading level
What is the equivalent of a 6th grade reading level?
What is speaking and listening?
During AEFL Week, advocates often encourage people to reach out to elected officials and use this 4 letter hashtag on social media.
A. #AEFLWeek
B. #AEFLRocks
C. #AEFLForever
What is #AEFLWeek?
What is the director of the AEL program at Jefferson College? (hint..she led your new student orientation)
Who is Julie Johns?