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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Stakeholder Resource

This case statement highlights the American Job Center and its WIOA affiliates (called WorkSource) in the Pacific Mountain Workforce Region of Washington (PacMtn). In collaboration with state agencies and community partners, WorkSource offers…

Report

This report from MDRC presents the interim impact findings from an ongoing evaluation of YouthBuild, a program that employs at-risk youth in the construction field, teaching them marketable skills while also supporting them to earn their high school…

Report

For several decades, obtaining a General Educational Development (GED) certificate was the most commonly recognized and widely available High School Equivalency (HSE) option in the U.S. But since January 2014, the content and process for obtaining…

Research-To-Practice Brief

This research brief, from Portland State University, uses data from the Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning (LSAL) to determine the impact of participation in adult basic skills (ABS) programs on General Educational Development (GED) attainment.…

Report

A growing body of research suggests there is a high economic return to participation in Adult Basic Skills (ABS) programs. This research brief, from Portland State University, is the first of a series of Research Briefs that utilize data from the…

Report

MDRC released a brief on the GED Bridge to Health and Business Program. This program was developed to better understand how adult education programs might strengthen pathways to college and careers. The GED Bridge program represents a new…

Report

ProLiteracy and its publishing division New Readers Press released their latest white paper, "The 2014 GED® (General Equivalency Diploma) Test and Its Impact on Adult Literacy Providers." The white paper addresses the core challenges adult…

Report

CLASP released an article discussing the new changes that will occur in 2014 to the General Equivalency Degree (GED) test. This change will impact roughly 25.7 million people between the ages 18 and 64 who are without a high school diploma. A…

Report

This article appears in an annual report compiled by the Center for Early Childhood Development at the University of Minnesota on coordinating systems for better child outcomes. It highlights a partnership that Ramsey County, Minnesota developed…

Question / Response(s)

The Peer TA Network would like to know what strategies States are using to improve low literacy levels among TANF participants in a short amount of time? How are programs structured and what curriculum is being used for participants with or without a high school diploma or G.E.D., but still test at a low literacy level?