I-BEST Resources
Research:
Educational Outcomes of I-BEST, Washington State Community and Technical College System's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program, Findings from a Multivariate Analysis
By Davis Jenkins, Mathew Zeidenberg, and Gregory Kienzl
Increasing Student Achievement for Basic Skills Students
Research Report No. 08-1
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, January 2008
I-BEST: A Program Integrating Adult Basic Education and Workforce Training
Research Report No. 05-2
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, December 2005
Building Pathways to Success for Low-Skill Adult Students: Lessons for Community College Policy and Practice from a Longitudinal Student Tracking Study; The "Tipping Point" Research
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, April 2005
Publications:
CALPROGRESS - California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project
Integrating Workplace and Basic Skills for ABE and ESL Students (page 6)
By Tina Bloomer
Economic Recovery and Washington State's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) Model
Discussion Summary - February 16 - March 1, 2009
Provided by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
Economic Recovery and Washington State's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) Model
Discussion Threads and Full Discussion
Provided by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
Education + Work Skills = Jobs
Literacy Update, October 2008
By Tina Bloomer
Enrollments, Student Characteristics, Progress and Success for Basic Skills Students in State Support Instruction in Community and Technical Colleges
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, November 2001
Jobs for the Future, Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow
Executive Office of the President Council of Economic Advisers, July 2009
New Innovations and Best Practices under the Workforce Investment Act: I-BEST
Kathy Cooper, SBCTC Adult Basic Education Policy Associate, testified about I-BEST under the Workforce Investment Act. Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Subcommittee, Washington D.C., May 5, 2009 (YouTube Video)
New Innovations and Best Practices under the Workforce Investment Act: I-BEST
The House Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness held a hearing on May 5, 2009 to examine best practices for improving adult education and family literacy. This is the fourth hearing the committee is holding as it works toward reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act, which provides job training, education programs, vocational rehabilitation and other services to Americans.
Committee on Education and Labor, video testimonies from witnesses
Obama Remarks on Higher Education
The Washington Post, April 24, 2009
Strengthening State Adult Education Policies for Low-Skilled Workers
Policy Brief, Summer 2007, The Working Poor Families Project
By Amy Ellen Duke and Evelyn Ganzglass
I-BEST Videos:
Restoring American Leadership in Higher Education
Video segment featuring Pierce College I-BEST (11:30 to 16:50). Includes interviews with students, Michelle Johnson, Amy Metcalfe, Tina Bloomer. Video footage provided by Clover Park Technical College, Highline Community College, Lake Washington Technical College.
Main interview about I-BEST with Tina Bloomer, SBCTC workforce education policy associate (23:30).
Education News Parents Can Use, ED.gov television, May edition
Bellingham Technical College - I-BEST Programs
Clark College - Better skills. Better jobs. Better Lives.
Clover Park Technical College - Literacy, Better skills, Better Jobs
Highline Community College-
How do the students feel about I-BEST?
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Spokane Falls Community College - I-BEST Students
Tacoma Community College - Team Teaching Models and I-BEST Student Testimonials
Other Resources:
Highline Community College's I-BEST Resource Web Site
I-BEST and Financial Aid
Provided by Green River Community College
Sample I-BEST Student Contract
Provided by South Puget Sound Community College
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