Best Practices Guidelines for Adult Financial Literacy Education Materials
First Edition
Released: October 2007
The Institute for Financial Literacy® recommends the following Best
Practices Guidelines when developing and/or selecting financial literacy
education materials for adults. A relatively new concept in financial education,
Best Practices create recommendations regarding processes or techniques
for the use or implementation of standards and benchmarks.
Educators, authors, publishers and others are encouraged to apply as many
of these Best Practices Guidelines as are appropriate for a specific educational
resource in the area of adult financial literacy.
The Institute for Financial Literacy strongly recommends that adult financial
literacy education programs also be designed in compliance with the National
Standards for Adult Financial Literacy Education.
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Practices Guidelines for Adult Financial Literacy Education Materials (PDF)
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Standards for Adult Financial Literacy Education (PDF)
Aligned to Standards
Materials developed for adults align to the National
Standards for Adult Financial Literacy Education developed by the Institute
for Financial Literacy, which are available on the web at www.financiallit.org.
Materials developed for teenagers align to the K-12 National Standards
in Personal Finance developed by Jump$tart, which are available on the
web at www.jumpstart.org.
Objectivity
Materials should be objective in content and neutral in tone.
Materials should not deceive or mislead.
Materials should be informative and unbiased in nature.
Materials should not promote a specific brand, product, or provider.
Materials should clearly identify their content creator, copyright holder
and publisher.
Materials should have all copyright restrictions and terms of use clearly
stated.
Resource lists should also meet objectivity guidelines.
Content
Materials should be written concisely and at an appropriate reading level.
Technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms need to be clearly defined.
Materials should be relevant to target audiences in content.
Materials should utilize multiple learning styles.
Materials should be accurate.
Materials should be kept current.
Revised materials should be indicated with a revision date and edition
number.
Materials should be evaluated for effectiveness.
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