ETS Achievement Gap Symposium Focuses on Adult Learners: WASHINGTON – In an effort to build research and policy support for the adult post-secondary education sector, the Educational Testing Service (ETS) highlighted the critical role adult education plays in preparing the U.S. workforce and in elevating overall education attainment levels of Americans during the organization’s annual Addressing Achievement Gaps symposium. This year’s symposium was entitled “Advancing Learning for Our Diverse Adult Population.”“With the right policies, practices, and partnerships we can make a dent in that audacious goal that President Obama set recently,” said Dr. Shirley Robinson Pippins, senior vice president of the American Council on Education, referring to the administration’s goal of the U.S. becoming the nation with the world’s highest rate of college graduates by the year 2020.
