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FAQs: MN Adult Education (ABE) Policy & Accountability
What is WIOA, and what is its purpose? How do we measure success with adult education (ABE) students? What is a measurable skill gain (MSG)? What assessments are approved for adult education? Learn answers to these and more questions here! Read More
FAQs: Introduction to MN Content Standards for Adult Education
What are the 3 sets of content standards adopted in MN Adult Education (ABE)? What does ACES/TIF stand for? What skills do the CCR standards define? What is the Northstar Digital Literacy Project? Learn answers to these and more questions here! Read More
FAQs: Introduction to Adult Education Students
Who does MN Adult Education serve? Who is eligible for adult education classes? Why do individuals enroll in adult education classes? What is considered core content in adult education? Learn answers to these and more questions here! Read More
Science News for Students
Science News for Students publishes stories about recent research and current events across the full breadth of STEM fields. Power Words are defined at the end of each article. Read More
Teaching Grammar in Context Using Authentic Resources
This blog post unpacks the "why" and "how" of using authentic texts to teach grammar to learners, providing a variety of teaching approaches for readers to choose from, as well as real-life examples. Read More
Differentiated Instruction from TEAL
This excerpt from the TEAL Just Write! Guide unpacks differentiated instruction in the ABE classroom and provides examples of how it can be used to support learning, particularly writing instruction. Read to the end to find their Differentiated Instruction Fact Sheet! Read More
Levels of Knowing Mathematics
This resource outlines the levels of knowing math proposed by Mahesh C. Sharma: intuitive, concrete/experiential, pictorial/representational, abstract, applications, and communication. The chart explains each level and gives an example of what that level would look like in the classroom. Read More
Integrated Education & Training Design Toolkit
The Integrated Education and Training (IET) Toolkit was developed to assist state and local adult education staff to plan, design, implement, and evaluate effective IET programs that are responsive to state and local labor market demands and fulfill the requirements of WIOA. The IET Design Toolkit guides users through a team-based approach to developing customized IET solutions that address the needs of adult learners and local businesses through four iterative phases: Research and Assess, Design and Plan, Develop and Implement, and Evaluate and Improve. Read More
ABE Acronyms
Adult Basic Education (ABE) is chock-full of acronyms! There’s one right there! But fear not; we have compiled this list of the most common acronyms that apply to Minnesota Adult Education and/or our learners. Read More
Refugees in America
This is the official United Nations High Commission for Refugees website, which can serve as a primer for ABE educators who work with refugees to understand who refugees are, where they come from, and relevant statistics and facts about refugees. Read More