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Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center
Staff development resource designed for adult education community in Illinois makes many materials accessible to others outside the state, including affordably priced resources on topics from literacy to learning disabilities to workforce education. Offers links to some online lesson plans such as Strategies for Low-Level Learners and Employability Skills, a comprehensive guide to assessing adult education programs, and connections to listservs, resources for GED 2002, and related state and national links.

Literacy Resources/Rhode Island (LR/RI)
This site is designed primarily for practitioners but still offers plenty of information for learners. Get contact information for various government agencies, updates on pertinent legislation, and links to research on a variety of topics, from language/literacy development research to learning disabilities.

SABES: System for Adult Basic Education Support
Developed for practitioners in Massachusetts, this site should appeal to a much broader audience given its access to bibliographies on topics such as assessment and evaluation, community planning, and educational technology. Links to online library that allows users to "check out" resource books and to other resources such as instructional and professional development materials, media/web literacy materials, and SABES newsletters and publications.