Sunday, May 27, 2012

The NYS adult education system serves a student population that is as diverse as New York itself.  


Below is a breakdown of the student population by race/ethnicity. The numbers below were reported by NYS adult education providers for fiscal year 2011 which began July 1, 2010 and ended June 30, 2011.  







Thursday, May 17, 2012

Stepping back - An overview of the NYS Adult Education System

After having some posted some snippets, let me step back for some data that provides an overview of the NYS Adult Education System.  But let me add a qualifier:

  • The statistics below represent students served by programs receiving funds from the New York State Education Department (NYSED).  The numbers come from data reported by these programs in fiscal year 2011 which began July 1, 2010 and ended June 30, 2011. Based on Federal reporting guidelines, all these students have attended classes for at least 12 hours.
In Fiscal Year 2011, NYS Adult Education programs served a total of 122,833 students.  Please see the regional breakdown in my posting dated February 27, 2012 .  


NYS adult education programs are almost as diverse as the students they serve.  See below for a breakdown of students by the type of program they attended.  



Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Patterns of Instruction in NYS Regions

The type of instruction offered in the different NYS regions vary greatly.  The chart below shows enrollment reported by NYS programs in fiscal year 2011 (7/1/2010 to 6/30/2011). 



Please note:

  • ABE instruction refers to Adult Basic Education and is reading/writing/math instruction at the lower levels.  ASE (Adult Secondary Education) instruction refers to ABE instruction at the higher levels and is commonly referred to as GED prep.  ESL instruction refers to English as a Second Language targeted towards non-English speakers.  
  • The upstate regions such as Capital North (Albany area), Central Southern Tier (Syracuse area), Finger Lakes (Rochester area) and West (Buffalo area) have programs offering more ABE than ESL instruction.  The downstate programs in Hudson Valley (Yonkers area), Long Island and New York City (all 5 boroughs) offer much more ESL than ABE or ASE instruction.
  • The relative size of the student populations is reflected in the height of the bar charts.  
The actual numbers are in the table below:

Posted May 8th, 2012