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Eguez, Jane; And Others – 1991
A demographic and educational profile was constructed of learners enrolled in California employment training programs. Summary data were derived from 47,318 Employability Competency System (ECS) Appraisal answer sheets received by the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) office from 1987 through 1990. ECS provides reading, math,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Armstrong, Bill; And Others – 1989
Demographic and educational data were gathered from July 1986 through April 1989 for approximately 121,504 participants in Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) from all 58 counties in California that have implemented GAIN. Instrumentation was the GAIN Appraisal Program, three tests developed to provide an initial appraisal of participants'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Background
Learning in the Workplace, 1990
This document contains the first four issues of a quarterly publication on workplace literacy and learning in the workplace. The September 1989 issues feature the following articles or excerpts: "Workplace Literacy--Initiatives for Growth in the 90s"; "Yes! There Is a Cure for the Babblespeak Blues" (Nore); "Review: The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Corporate Education, Employment
Charner, Ivan; Fox, Shirley – 1989
This document consists of a leader's guide that tells how to conduct a 1-day workshop and a workbook used by workshop participants to develop action plans to improve workplace literacy and the collaboration skills needed to implement those plans. It is intended that workshop participants should consist of 10-15 community members.) A memorandum in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Change Agents
Connections: A Journal of Adult Literacy, 1987
The articles in this issue include "Let's Talk about What This Means" (Duncan); "Dyslexia and Adult Literacy--Forging the Missing Link" (Kidder); "Competency-Based ESL, One Step Forward or Two Steps Back?" (Auerbach); " A Comparative Look at Adult Literacy Programs in Stockholm, London, and Boston" (Nickse);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Classroom Observation Techniques
Gold, Patricia; Packer, Arnold – 1990
An 18-month national literacy audit of maintenance worker jobs in multifamily apartment complexes sought to find out: (1) the literacy demands for their job success and promotion; (2) the effects of geographical location on their literacy demands; (3) the effects of management policies on their literacy demands; (4) the impact of illiteracy on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Buildings
Anania, Joanne – 1990
The Roosevelt University Humanities Enrichment Program tries to acknowledge the adult part of adult literacy. Its instructional materials are of interest and value to the adult student and, therefore, provide incentives for reading and discussion instead of serving merely as skill-building exercises. The materials are drawn from literature,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Anthropology
Shaw, Melvin; And Others – 1984
This guide was developed to meet the needs of the increasingly large number of nonliterate and semiliterate adult English-as-a-second-language (ESL) learners in the Chicago metropolitan area. It is suitable for learners who are illiterate or semiliterate in their native languages, or who are literate in a language using a non-Roman alphabet. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives
Wikelund, Karen Reed; Conklin, Nancy Faires – 1989
This training manual is designed for use by volunteers, tutors, teachers, and education and training program coordinators who wish to adapt basic literacy instructional skills to street youth. It is not intended to be a stand-alone training program for new volunteer tutors. Major goals are the following: (1) to re-engage street youth in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Dropouts
Zook, Doris; And Others – 1979
This Project Drive booklet titled Finding Your Way is one of eight booklets designed for intermediate-level English-as-a-second-language students and low-level adult basic education/basic reading students. The goal of the booklet is to aid the student in developing the oral and sight vocabulary necessary for a basic driver training program. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Certification, Driver Education
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. – 1979
After studying the testing and remedial programs used in Florida's public schools, the Task Force on Educational Assessment Programs presented its findings and recommendations. Findings are reported regarding: the schedule for implementing the testing program (which requires that students pass the Functional Literacy Test before they may graduate…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Nassif, Paula M.; And Others – 1979
A procedure which employs a method of item substitution based on item difficulty is recommended for developing parallel criterion referenced test forms. This procedure is currently being used in the Florida functional literacy testing program and the Georgia teacher certification testing program. Reasons for developing parallel test forms involve…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Functional Literacy
Eber, Herbert W. – 1965
Two 160-item experimental forms of multidimensional personality test to assess vocational potential of clients of limited literacy (third grade reading level) were developed and administered to clients at rehabilitation centers and at centers for the retarded. Using the 16 Personality Factors Test as a model, items were constructed to do the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Counseling, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
World Education, Inc., New York, NY. – 1971
This document gives details on a current Thai project whose object is to introduce family planning concepts into adult education programs. Complementary objectives are: (1) Educate 200,000 adults through literacy/family planning programs by 1976; (2) Develop appropriate instructional materials; (3) Add and emphasize family life education in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Audiovisual Aids
National Reading Center Foundation, Washington, DC.
The services of the National Reading Center are discussed from the point of view of its efforts to encourage literacy campaigns in business, industry, in health, welfare and correctional institutions, and in a wide range of voluntary and community organizations. An introduction to the work of Literacy Volunteers, Inc. (LitVol), is presented; this…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Community Cooperation