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Reauthorization of Expiring Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Programs. Volume 5. Adult Education. Hearing on H.R. 5, before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session.

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987

These statements, letters, and supplemental materials were provided by: (1) Janet Jones Ballard, Assault on Literacy Program; (2) Representative Jim Cooper, Tennessee; (3) Mitch Snyder, Center for Creative Non-Violence; (4) Garrett Murphy, Division of Adult and Continuing Education Programs, New York; (5) W. Wilson Goode, mayor of Philadelphia;…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Federal Legislation

Defining Basic Skills and Literacy in Four Federal Human Resource Programs. Report of the Interagency Work Group on Basic Skills.

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Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1990

Provisions and purposes of four federal human resource development programs were reviewed, and options regarding the definition of basic skills and literacy were analyzed. The four programs were as follows: Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Adult Education Act (AEA), and the Carl D. Perkins…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Educational Research, Federal Legislation