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ALBEMARLE (VA) ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM - EVALUATION

NCJ Number
41162
Author(s)
L MEDINA
Date Published
1977
Length
16 pages
Annotation
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM IN ALBEMARLE, VA., IN OBTAINING ITS GOALS.
Abstract
THE EVALUATION WAS CONDUCTED IN FEB. 1977 FOR A GRANT TOTALING $12,000 THAT WAS DESIGNED TO HELP IN THE EDUCATION OF PRISONERS. HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSES WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PRISONERS. ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM WERE DESCRIBED BY THE EVALUATORS AS BEING ABOVE AVERAGE IN MOST AREAS WITH NO MAJOR INADEQUACIES. ONE OF THE GOALS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRI-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR PRISONERS, WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING FULLY MET....BDS