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Looney, Ginny – VocEd, 1981
Describes how the state of Georgia responded to federal charges of discrimination in the use of the Test of Adult Basic Education as an admissions test for vocational-technical schools. (JOW)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Discrimination, Racial Discrimination
Download full textBanovetz, 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
