relationship in education is a well established fact; though one that
is often ignored. Few adult basic education programs have spent
enough money on materials to utilize 1960's knowledge. The savings
of a few dollars per pupil through scrimping on materials is a costly
factor in adult education. In literacy education, it sometimes pro-
hibits the kind of flexibility needed to do an adequate job and the
savings on materials is more than balanced by the costs involved in
a longer training program. No adult center can afford to waste money
by cutting corners on its materials budget. A good instructor with-
out good materials may be no more effective than a television set that
lacks a good aerial.


-17-