Table of Contents

• I Introduction
  • A. Background
  • B. Focus group questions and prompts
• II Executive summary
• III What learners said
  • A. What brought learners to literacy
  • B. Timelines and pacing
  • C. Learners' perspectives on progress
    • Expanded literacy practices
    • Non-academic indicators
  • D. Environment
• IV Reflecting on the findings
  • A. The rich landscape of learners' goals
  • B. Timelines and pacing
  • C. Impact of violence
  • D. Environment: building communities of learning
  • E. Settings: program to program variations
  • F. Learners' perspectives on progress
  • G. Including the learners' perspectives in assessment
• V Recommendations
  • A. Recommendations relating to practice
  • B. A tool for documenting learners' perspectives
• VI Methodology
  • A. Who we interviewed
  • B. Focus group approach
  • C. Data analysis
  • D. Ethical issues
  • E. Power and privilege
  • F. Recommendation