Program Results

2002/2003 school year Knox County served 1,532 students - 445 students were literacy level (originally testing at or below a sixth grade level). 2003/2004 school year Knox County served 1,570 students – over 500 students were literacy level (originally testing at or below a sixth grade level). 2004/2005 school year Knox County served 1,260 students – again well over 500 were literacy level (originally testing at or below a sixth grade level). GED Results Over 90% of the students who enroll in our adult education classes list getting GED as a goal. 2000/2001: NO student who had started at the literacy level finished with a GED. 2001/2002: 1 student who had started at the literacy level finished with a GED. 2002/2003: 5 students who had started at the literacy level finished with a GED. 2003/2004: 10 students who had started at the literacy level finished with a GED. 2 004/2005: 22 students who had started at the literacy level finished with a GED. In the 2004-2005 school year 74.3% of the 288 GEDs achieved in the program were students beginning in the literacy levels.
Adult Literacy Levels
Literacy Level Level 2 (grades 2 and 3) Level 3 (grades 4 and 5) Level 4 (grades 6, 7, & 8)	Number of GEDs 2 20 192
Adult Education Levels
Literacy Level Level 5 (grades 2 and 3) Level 6 (grades 4 and 5)	Number of GEDs 57 17
How Long Does It Take? It takes an average of 3 months for a student who enters at a seventh or eighth grade level to complete the program. It take an average of six to nine months for a student who enters at the fifth or sixth grade level to complete the program. Students who enter at the lowest grade levels can take as long as two or three years to learn to read.