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Recommendation Ten
Provide postsecondary opportunities as an essential element of adult education programs
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Recommendation Ten

We Recommend...

a renewed commitment to adult education opportunities, one that supplements existing basic skills training with a new “honors GED,” and better coordination of federal and state efforts to provide adult education, veterans benefits, outreach programs and student aid.

Core indicators for this recommendation
  • Educational Attainment for Adults Age 25–34
    Most Recent Estimate
    As of 2009
    80.8%
    of Latino adults age 25–34 did not have a college degree.
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  • Adults Age 25–34 with No High School Diploma Who Attain a GED
    Most Recent Estimate
    As of 2008
    9%
    of Latinos with no high school diploma earned a GED.
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Tennessee
As mentioned earlier, there are Latino adults with some college but who have not completed a degree. In addition, there are some who have been very active in the workforce without a college degree.
Washington
Community and technical colleges have come together to form the Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST), which pairs workforce training with adult basic education or English as a second language so that students learn both at the same time.

How We Assemble Our Indicators

  • The indicators are rigorous
  • The indicators are measureable on a regular basis
  • The indicators have the ability to be disaggregated
Learn about the commission’s criteria to select indicators