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Title Annotated bibliography on issues in literacy and the U.S. workforce	Date 1990	Abstract A selective, annotated bibliography of thirteen of the most recent and best resources on issues related to workplace literacy...
Title Assessing workplace performance problems: a checklist	Date 1992	Abstract This digest looks at questions used in business training departments to assess the nature and relative importance of worker p...
Title Beyond training: a field test of the American Society for Training and Development's Workplace Basics, executive summary	Date 1992	Abstract This is the executive summary of a booklet summarizes a field test done of the Workplace Basics training package supported by...
Title Bottom line: basic skills in the workplace	Date 1988	Abstract This joint publication of the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education describes the need for improved b...
Title Business results through essential skills and literacy	Date 2010	Abstract This guide is directed toward business leaders who are involved in human resources and supervision of employees and who are c...
Title California's workforce for the year 2000	Date 1991	Abstract Article summarizes the report of the California Workplace Literacy Task Force, chaired by Tom Sticht, which studied the state...
Title Changing work force	Date 1993	Abstract This ""trends and issues alert" summarizes the issues around the changing work force in the United States. Print resources a...
Title Closing the skills gap; impact of a workplace literacy program	Date 1991	Abstract This report describes the features and results of an innovative workplace learning collaboration between Motorola Inc. and Me...
Title Corporate/school partnerships: learner centered or business centered	Date 1999	Abstract This publication looks at various types of partnership arrangements that business/industry and education have established and...
Title Do workplace literacy programs promote high skills or low wages?	Date 1991	Abstract This article advocates workplace literacy program designed to foster high performance workplace structures rather than mainta...
Title Doing business together: adult education and business partnering to build a qualified workforce	Date February 2011	Abstract This report is based on two surveys and an invitational Roundtable and provides information on successful collaborations betw...
Title English that works: preparing adult English language learners for success in the workforce and community	Date 2002	Abstract This Q & A discusses efforts in adult ESL education to link language instruction to workforce and civic skills. It looks at t...
Title Ethnography and adult workplace literacy program design	Date 1991	Abstract The digest reviews ethnography, which seeks to understand and represent the points of view of the members of a particular cul...
Title Evaluating workplace ESL instructional programs	Date 1995	Abstract This digest examines evaluation measures and activities used in workplace programs, and discusses issues associated with the ...
Title Expanding horizons: pacesetters in adult education for work	Date June 26, 2009	Abstract This report is an outcome of a [job and college] Readiness Roundtable sponsored by the Council for Advancement of Adult Liter...
Title Functional context education	Date 1991	Abstract This article defines functional context as "instruction using the context of relevant work or life tasks" and gives examples ...
Title Government as a high performance employer; a SCANS report for America 2000	Date [1992]	Abstract The document advocates the government becoming a high performance employer. The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessry...
Title How do you know if it's working? Evaluating the effectiveness of workplace literacy programs	Date 1992	Abstract In the workplace, literacy programs are viewed as components of "training," and as such needs to be evaluated differently fro...
Title Integrating SCANS competencies into ESL instruction resource packet	Date 1999	Abstract This resource book provides teachers with ideas and activities for integrating into English language instruction for adults t...
Title Job-related basic skills	Date 1990	Abstract The Digest defines job-related basic skills and reviews the current consensus on their importance. Levels of job literacy, e...
Title Learner-centered worker education program	Date 1991	Abstract This digest a describes a writing based, learner-centered program developed by The Hastings Institute, a non-profit corporati...
Title Learning a living: a blueprint for high performance: a SCANS report for America 2000	Date 1992	Abstract This document is Part 1 of a final report of the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) and is a follow...
Title Legal considerations concerning literacy testing in the workplace	Date 1992	Abstract The paper reviews the legal background regarding testing of various types in the workplace. Covered are provisions of the Ci...
Title Manual for union-management educational partnerships	Date [199 2]	Abstract This manual was written for employers who will become involved in formal and long term workforce training. Included are dete...
Title Mobile worker in the flexible workplace	Date 1999	Abstract This alert looks at the trends and issues regarding work in alternative environments such as the home. References are given...
Title New directions for cooperative education	Date 1999	Abstract This digest explores the factors helping and hindering cooperative education at this juncture in its history, examines how it...
Title New ways of learning in the workplace	Date 1995	Abstract The digest addresses some of the new ways to learn at work, such as action learning, situated learning, and incidental learni...
Title Post-employment education and training models in the welfare-to-work grants program	Date 1999	Abstract This paper synthesizes information about providing education and training after an individual is employed -- one type of post...
Title Preparing limited English proficient persons for the workplace	Date 2000	Abstract This digest describes cultural considerations and effective approaches for LEP individuals' work force development, including...
Title Preparing the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow	Date July 2009	Abstract This report presents a projection of potential developments in the U.S. labor market over the next five to ten years and disc...
Title R.O.A.D. to success	Date 1991	Abstract R.O.A.D. to Success is a workplace literacy program designed to help drivers who have trouble reading the Commercial Driver's...
Title Return on investment (roi) from adult education and training; measuring the economic impact of a better educated and trained U.S. workforce	Date 2011	Abstract This position paper asserts that billions of dollars could be earned, saved, and pumped back into the struggling economy as a...
Title Review of the National Workplace Literacy Program	Date 1991	Abstract The report examines projects funded during the National Workplace Literacy Program's first year of operation, including a rev...
Title Rock Valley College private sector partnerships for English literacy, final report, Aug 12, 1987 - June 30, 1988	Date 1988	Abstract The report describes the results of a project to recruit, provide tutoring, and provide classes for English as a Second Langu...
Title SCANS and the new vocationalism	Date 1995	Abstract The digest examines whether and how the SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) report has influenced ed...
Title SCANS Blueprint for action: building community coalitions	Date 1992	Abstract This document is Part II of a final report of the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) and is a follo...
Title School-to-work transition: its role in achieving universal literacy	Date 1991	Abstract The digest reviews the national education objective of strengthening the connection between education and work. The major to...
Title Selling workplace ESL instructional programs	Date 1995	Abstract This digest explores the issue of why companies do and do not provide workplace basic skills and ESL instruction. It reports...
Title Serving welfare recipients with learning disabilities in a work first environment	Date 1998	Abstract This analysis describes the results for the adult learning disabled population of the U.S. welfare reform model which emphasi...
Title Skill standards; job analysis profiles are just the beginning	Date 1997	Abstract The alert summarizes the trend toward use of skills standards to align the education system with the emerging, high performan...
Title Task analysis strategies and practices	Date 1997	Abstract The brief presents information on current practices and examples of the various types of task analyses, highlighting their st...
Title Teaching the SCANS competencies	Date 1993	Abstract The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) studied changes in the world of work and implications of tho...
Title Training practices for small businesses	Date 1999	Abstract The brief presents information on the training practices of small businesses. Types of training, barriers, and cost effectiv...
Title Training to teach ESL in the workplace	Date 1990	Abstract There is an increased demand for literacy and skills training in the workplace, and a corresponding increase in the number of...
Title Union-sponsored workplace ESL instruction	Date 1996	Abstract This digest explores the history of union-sponsored workplace ESL instruction; discusses some models for program delivery; an...
Title Welfare reform: three states' approaches show promise of increasing work participation	Date 1997	Abstract This report reviews the experiences of three states--Idaho, Massachusetts, and Michigan--with increasing the participation of...
Title Welfare to work: the role of adult basic and literacy education	Date 1995	Abstract The brief reviews some of the research findings regarding the link of adult basic and literacy education to welfare reform. ...
Title What work requires of schools: a SCANS report for America 2000	Date 1991	Abstract The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) studied changes in the world of work and implications of tho...
Title What works!: guidelines for workplace skills enhancement programs	Date [1989]	Abstract This handbook is designed for adult educators to use in establishing a successful workplace skills enhancement program at bus...
Title Whatever happened to workplace literacy?	Date 2003	Abstract This paper examines what has happened to workplace literacy programs in the United States in the period after the end of the ...