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Anderson, William W.; Stewart, Oran J. – 1989
A test of job-specific literacy, called the McCoy Assessment of Worksite Literacy Abilities (MAWSLA), could not predict the job success of the 100 employees who took it. The 108-item test was based on literary tasks encountered by employees in the course of a routine day at McCoy Electronics Company, a 560-employee firm in Pennsylvania. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Skills, Functional Literacy
