A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Family Literacy:

Directions in Research and Implications for Practice

January 1996

Summary and Papers of a National Symposium

Edited by L. Ann Benjamin and Jerome Lord

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement in Collaboration with the Office of Vocational and Adult Education and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education's Even Start Program

U.S. Department of Education
Richard W. Riley
Secretary

Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Sharon P. Robinson
Assistant Secretary

National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education

National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning

National Even Start Program, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Office of Vocational and Adult Education

Conference Planners:

L. Ann Benjamin
Jerome Lord
Lenore Webb
Rita Kirshstein
Rebecca Shulman

Cover Artist: Katherine Van Horne

This report was prepared in part by Pelavin Research Institute under Contract Number RR 940290. The views expressed in this report represent those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Education.

January 1996

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