Reading Priorities for ABE Learners

Adult basic education learners rated the following to be their highest priorities in learning to read: (Hayes & Valentine, 1989)

• Filling out income tax forms
• Reading and using road maps and city maps
• Reading and using a thermometer
• Using a checking account
• Budgeting money
• Helping children with schoolwork
• Reading the Bible
• Reading and using a voting ballot
• Filling out job application forms
• Reading medicine labels