Book Description
Using data from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey, focuses on the literacy skills of the nation's total civilian labour force.
Author : Andrew Sum
Publisher : Department of Education
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Using data from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey, focuses on the literacy skills of the nation's total civilian labour force.
Author : Andrew Sum
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 20,23 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Educational surveys
ISBN : 9780160501753
Author : Andrew Sum
Publisher :
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 34,67 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Functional literacy
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Author : Mamoru Ishikawa
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Literacy
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Author : Andrew Sum
Publisher : Department of Education
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 26,84 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Using data from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey, focuses on the literacy skills of the nation's total civilian labour force.
Author : United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement
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Page : pages
File Size : 29,25 MB
Release : 2001*
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Author : Irwin S. Kirsch
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,5 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Functional literacy
ISBN :
Individually administered literacy assessments were conducted with approximately 6,000 adults representing the 20 million persons served by the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration through the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) or the Employment Service/Unemployment Insurance programs. Information-processing skills were measured in three areas key to the day-to-day management of life: prose comprehension skills, document literacy skills, and quantitative skills. Some of the findings of the study were the following: (1) people in the DOL programs who have higher levels of literacy skills tend to avoid long periods of unemployment, earn higher wages, and work in higher-level occupations than program participants with lower skills; (2) 40-50 percent of clients had literacy skills in the lowest 2 of the 5 defined literacy levels; (3) about one-fifth of the clients had literacy skills at the highest two defined levels; (4) Black and Hispanic populations were not different from each other, but they were disproportionately represented at both ends of the literacy scale compared to Whites; and (5) 35-40 percent of high school graduates tested scored in the lowest two levels of the scale. The following conclusions were reached: (1) outcome measures should ensure comparability across individuals and time periods; (2) literacy requirements of key job families should be identified; (3) individuals with low literacy levels will have limited success in job training programs and the job market; and (4) there is a significant need for adult education programs for low-literate persons. (KC)
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Page : pages
File Size : 13,75 MB
Release : 2000
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Author :
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Page : 2 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Labor supply
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Author : Anthony R. Sarmiento
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 27,21 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Unions are some of the best experts on workforce literacy. Few organisations can match their track record for helping workers improve their literacy skills. Unions' experience - brought to you in this guidebook - can help you establish or strengthen a workplace literacy program for your members.