ABSTRACT

This chapter presents a summary of fi ndings from the Adult Literacy Research Working Group’s most recent review of Adult Education reading assessment and instruction research (Kruidenier, MacArthur, & Wrigley, 2010). The Adult Literacy Research Working Group (ALRWG) was a panel of experts on adult reading research and practice established by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) in collaboration with the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) (Comings & Crawford, 2007). The purpose of the ALRWG was to identify and evaluate existing research related to adult literacy reading instruction, and provide the fi eld with research-based products including principles and practices for practitioners (Curtis & Kruid enier, 2005; Kruidenier, 2002; Kruidenier & Bell, 2007; Kruidenier et al., 2010; Mikulecky, 2005; Sticht, 2005). These fi ndings, supplemented when necessary with fi ndings from reading instruction research with children, are reviewed and related to family literacy programs to provide practitioners with research-based approaches to teaching adults to read.