ABOUT TCALL

TCALL is a Center of the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University, housed in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development.

TCALL History & Purpose

TCALL was created in 1989 by the Board of Regents at Texas A&M University with the purpose of helping to reduce the incidence of adult illiteracy in Texas. As the state literacy resource center, TCALL's purpose has evolved into responding to the needs of those who provide literacy services to Texas’ adult literacy and family literacy learners. What is adult and family literacy? See Glossary of Key Terms in Adult & Family Literacy.

To provide leadership and service to those meeting the literacy needs of adult learners and their families.

Service
Leadership
Integrity
Collaboration
Responsiveness

As your state literacy resource center, we provide knowledge, services, information, resources, and research opportunities for the fields of adult and family literacy.
We support the fields’ pursuit of excellence by anticipating and responding to their needs and national trends.
We enable practitioners to connect with each other as well as with state leadership by providing a central communication hub.

We want to be well-known in Texas and to be nationally recognized as a resource and research center.

The Work of TCALL

Our mission and vision are being accomplished through a combination of externally-funded projects and internally planned activities.

The Texas Adult and Family Literacy Clearinghouse
Technical Assistance for The First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas
Barbara Bush Fellowships at TCALL

Adult & Family Literacy Clearinghouse Impact Study
Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning Needs Assessment
Data Analysis for Rider 82 Workplace Literacy Curriculum Pilot

Evaluation of the First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas
Evaluation of Adult Education for the Homeless in Texas
Directory of Adult Literacy Providers
EL Civics Education in Conjunction with Brenham ISD
Various Workplace Literacy projects
Community Network Development Project
Evaluation of Even Start Family Literacy Programs
The Use of Research by Adult Literacy Practitioners
Project Persist: Evaluating Learner Persistence, A Participatory Action Research Study with Texas Adult Education Program Directors
Reach Out and Read Assessment Project
The Texas Adult Education Standards Project

The People of TCALL

See the TCALL Staff Page for information about the center’s staff. The work of TCALL’s Clearinghouse Project is guided by an Advisory Committee of practitioners and leaders representing a variety of adult and family literacy entities served by TCALL.