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Download full textPadden, Carol A. – 1990
Deaf children come from all races, classes, and backgrounds, but as a group they have a hard time learning to read and write. The more hearing a child has, the better the child performs on tests of reading ability. Parents who can communicate well with their deaf children help them to perform well at school, but beyond "good"…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Communication Skills, Deafness
Delaware State Dept. of Public Instruction, Dover. – 1986
During April, 1986, approximately 60,000 Delaware public school students in grades 1 through 8 and in grade 11 were administered a battery of achievement tests as part of the state-funded Delaware Educational Assessment Program (DEAP). The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) in reading, language arts, and mathematics was administered. In…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing
McCoy, Jack – 1984
In March of 1984, a total of 55,771 New Mexico public school students in grades 3, 5, and 8 were tested with the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) as required by the statewide standardized testing program. This document reports scores as national percentile ranks, and indicates the position of New Mexico students compared to a national…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Bilingual Students
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1992
Changes in colleges of further education over recent years, including the involvement of a much wider range of students, mean that provision of basic skills has become an important issue for most colleges in England and Wales. Some colleges provide no basic skills support for students; others have some support for students; and still others also…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Continuing Education
Mpogolo, Z. J. – 1990
The United Republic of Tanzania was perhaps the first African country to give urgent attention to adult literacy. One of the immediate results of educating adults was to make them insist that schooling be provided for their children. The literacy campaign that started in 1971 reduced the 1969 illiteracy rate of 69 percent to 9.6 percent in 1986.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills, Educational Resources
Tompkins, Leroy J. – 1981
This report presents both formative and summative data regarding the implementation and effectiveness of the Basic Skills Program carried out in the Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools in 1981. The program provides intensive remedial instruction in the basic skills areas of reading, writing, and mathematics to elementary (through grade 8)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Mathematics Skills, Parent Attitudes
San Diego City Schools, CA. Planning, Research and Evaluation Div. – 1984
Spring 1984 achievement test results for court-identified, minority isolated (MI) schools in the San Diego Unified School District are reported. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) were used to measure progress in the areas of reading, language, and mathematics. Language and math scores trended upwards across grades; reading also…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing
Etlinger, Leonard E. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1990
Minority participation in the workforce, and by extension in vocational education, is increasingly important to the economic welfare of the United States. Describes a conference focusing on minority issues and concerns in vocational education related to programs, students, staff, and research. Recommends development of role models, funding, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Career Awareness, Career Education
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. – 1992
The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) examined the demands of the workplace and whether young people were capable of meeting those demands. Specifically, SCANS determined the level of skills required to enter employment. Fundamental changes in the nature of work were identified; these changes were found to hold…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Competence, Educational Responsibility
Lasam, Gloria Z. – 1990
The Philippines received the literacy award from Unesco in the 1986 International Literacy Day competition. The award was for the mobile tent school (MTS), an alternative school that can reach out to the most remote and deprived areas where groups of ethnic minorities exist whose cultures have resisted the lure of civilization. The nongraded MTS…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Disadvantaged
Georgia Governor's Education Review Commission, Atlanta. – 1984
This report deals with quality basic education in Georgia. It recommends that: (1) the definition of a quality basic education be periodically updated; (2) vocational education be updated to increase responsiveness to supply and demand and to strengthen the involvement of business and industry; (3) new teachers be attracted by targeting both…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Administrative Policy, Basic Skills, Change Strategies
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1979
Data are presented in support of the validation of the competency-based basic skills curriculum which was implemented in the District of Columbia Public Schools in 1978-79. Strategies for conducting the validation are outlined in detail, including review of tests used, orientation of participants, integration of curricular hierarchies, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Washington Education Association, Seattle. – 1983
In February 1983, a symposium was held to ensure that multicultural and equity education issues are not left unattended in Washington State's public schools as new educational challenges present themselves. Participants were 80 individuals representing a cross section of geographic areas, ethnic groups, and key professions from 21 different school…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Computers, Cultural Pluralism
Northeast Regional Exchange, Inc., Chelmsford, MA. – 1983
The Massachusetts Board of Education Task Force on Public School Youth, Education, and Employment concluded that, in general, the structure of effective policy in the area of preparing youth for employment was already in place. Given changes in workplace requirements and problems schools currently face, however, it was determined that the State…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Basic Skills, Board of Education Policy, Equal Education
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Career Education. – 1992
Ohio's mission in the 1990s is to prepare youth and adults to make informed choices and to enter, compete, and advance successfully in the changing work world. One way to measure Ohio's progress is to examine the Ohio vocational system and its direct relationship to the National Education Goals presented in America 2000. Goal 1 is readiness for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
