Sucess Stories

Kudos to the Standards Team

This recent letter was addressed to Federico Salas-Isnardi,
Assistant State Director, Texas LEARNS

I just wanted to reiterate what I expressed to you at COABE. I was asked by the Idaho’s State ABE Office to review ABE content standards from as many states as I could find. I researched all the states that I could whose standards were available on their web-sites. I made a compilation of samples from these states and we reviewed them as a team at our state conference last fall. We were in 100% agreement that we wanted to use the Texas format because of its clear and concise nature. We want to express appreciation to all those from your state who labored so diligently to produce such an excellent product.

Being a small state with very limited resources makes it virtually impossible to start these projects from scratch and finish them in a timely manner. Because of the groundwork you have laid and your willingness to make it available to other states, you have put us years ahead on what we could have done by ourselves. THANK YOU so very much.

Sincerely,
Melody Clegg, M.Ed.
Idaho Adult Basic Education Specialist