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Fedo, Michael W. – American Education, 1974
The Right to Read is educational priority number one in a crusade under way statewide and already involving over 400,000 youngsters. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, Functional Literacy, Problem Solving
Download full textBarton, Paul E. – 1994
In 1993, under contract from the National Center for Education Statistics, the Educational Testing Service assessed the literacy proficiencies of a nationally representative sample of all adults, aged 16 and over, from nearly 27,000 homes. That assessment, the National Adult Literacy Survey, produced a profile of the English literacy skills of the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Criteria, Definitions
Direct linkMoss, Barbara, Ed.; Lapp, Diane, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2009
Even the youngest readers and writers in today's classrooms can benefit enormously from engagement with a wide range of traditional and nontraditional texts. This teacher-friendly handbook is packed with creative strategies for introducing K-3 students to fiction, poetry, and plays; informational texts; graphic novels; digital storytelling;…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, High Stakes Tests, Visual Aids, Biographies
Mercer County Community Coll., Trenton, NJ. – 1992
This final report of an 18-month workplace literacy project (a partnership of Mercer County Community College, a large automobile components parts manufacturer, a hospital, a physics laboratory, and a chemical plant) contains the following: (1) and introduction; (2) a performance report on nine goals of the program; (3) a schedule of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs
Waugh, Sue – 1990
Workplace literacy and basic skills may be defined as skills needed by employees at work: reading, writing, math, and problem solving. Workplace literacy and skill requirements are based on the needs of each workplace and its workers. These skills are important because the work force needs to be highly skilled and adaptable to compete in a global…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship
PDF pending restorationBlumner, Ellen; And Others – 1994
This learning module was developed during a project to deliver workplace literacy instruction to individuals employed in the more than 50 businesses related to the activities of the Port of Baltimore. It contains a sample of individual lessons that the project instructors used in individualized tutorial sessions with students working on reading,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Behavioral Objectives, Content Area Reading
Banovetz, James M., Ed. – 2000
According to the most recent National Adult Literacy Survey, nearly half of Illinois adults lack sufficient reading proficiency to ensure job success and advancement in 21st century workplaces. The Test of Adult Basic Education is currently used as a pretest/posttest in Illinois' existing adult basic education, adult secondary education, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Change Strategies
