The Alberta Reading Benchmarks are a set of standards for measuring reading in adults. They are adaptable to the diversity of adult learning programs across Alberta and contribute to a more robust foundational learning system in the province. Find out more about what the ARB are and how you can use them for reading instruction and assessment.

 

Acknowledgements

Developing the Alberta Reading Benchmarks involved collaboration between The Adult Learning Research Institute, Bow Valley College, and adult literacy, community learning, family literacy, colleges, and government. The benchmarks draw on the expertise of practitioners, experts, and researchers from across Alberta.

 

Project Lead

  • Audrey Gardner
    Bow Valley College

 

Advisory Committee

  • Audrey Gardner (Chair)
    Bow Valley College

  • Lindy Fors
    Northern Lakes College

  • Jonna Grad
    Centre for Family Literacy

  • Lorraine Moulding
    Literacy Alberta

  • Lisa Dickner
    Community Learning Network

  • Sherry Gagne
    Community Learning Network

  • Lindsay Manz
    Alberta Enterprise & Advanced Education

  • Mason Tate
    Alberta Human Services

Research and Development Team

  • Mary Norton
  • Deanna Jager
  • Pamela Crosby
  • Monica Kreiner
  • Cari-Ann Roberts
  • Shelley Goulet
  • Lorene Anderson
  • Corrie Rhyasen Erdman
  • Samra Admasu
  • Patricia Pryce
  • Berniece Gowan
  • Jacqueline Larson
  • Kathy Dirk

 

Design & Development

  • Rim Schewczyk
  • Learning Resource Services
    Bow Valley College
  • Jenny Tzanakos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARB Training Pilot Practitioners

  • Sherry Gagne 
    Provost Adult Learning and Literacy

  • Valerie Cardinal
    Blue Quills First Nations College

  • Kim Chung
    Centre for Family Literacy

  • Tamara Picknell
    Centre for Family Literacy

  • Lindy Fors
    Northern Lakes College

  • Lorna Rye
    Northern Lakes College

  • Jackie Lee
    Northern Lakes College

  • Cynthia Holt
    Taber and District Community Adult Learning Association
  • Alana Johnson
    Taber and District Community Adult Learning Association

  • Jennifer Mantha
    Old Sun Community College

  • Ray Reagan
    Old Sun Community College

  • Allison Hands
    Jasper Adult Learning Council

 

 

ARB Implementation Pilot Practitioners

  • Deena Fuller
    Hinton Adult Learning

  • Nanette Jones
    Flagstaff Community Adult Learning

  • Heather Woodruff
    VegMin Learning Society
  • Bonnie Caron
    Project Adult Literacy Society (PALS) (Edmonton)
  • Tara Hyland- Russell
    St. Mary’s University College
  • Deanna Holt
    Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS)

 

Pilot Evaluation Team

  • Marina Niks
  • Joy Page

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past Advisory Committee Members

  • Charles Pankratz (Chair)
    Bow Valley College
  • Terri Peters
    Bow Valley College
  • Brad Buhr
    Northern Lakes College
  • Lorna Rye
    Northern Lakes College
  • Janet Lane
    Literacy Alberta
  • Enayat Aminzadah
    Community Learning Network
  • Linda Thorne
    Community Learning Network
  • Tracey Campbell
    Alberta Human Services

  • Michael Fisher
    Alberta Enterprise & Advanced Education

 

 

 

  • Tom Fowler
    Alberta Enterprise & Advanced Education
  • Lynn Anderson Cook
    Alberta Enterprise & Advanced Education
  • Donna Weitz
    Alberta Enterprise & Advanced Education
  • Diane Wishart
    Alberta Enterprise & Advanced Education
  • Keith Ede
    Alberta Enterprise & Advanced Education
  • Shelley Wells
    Alberta Education
  • Valerie Neaves
    Alberta Human Services
  • Gilbert Perras
    Alberta Enterprise and Advanced Education

  • Deborah Landry
    Alberta Enterprise & Advanced Education
 
 
The Alberta Reading Benchmarks was a collaborative project with partners from community colleges, provincial literacy and learning organizations, and the Alberta Government.
This project was funded by Alberta Enterprise and Advanced Education.