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Strom, Mary L. – 1994
In fall 1992, the Iowa Department of Education began pilot tests of the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS), an assessment system evaluating reading, math, and problem solving in a life skills context for adult remedial programs. This document provides reports from the nine community colleges that served as test sites, describing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Community Colleges

Dugger, Chester W. – Illinois School Research and Development, 1980
Peoria's efforts with the development and implications of a Minimum Competency Testing (MCT) program are described, including the program model used, numbers of high school seniors and seventh graders who passed the pilot test sequence, and views on the advantages, disadvantages, and effectiveness of the MCT program. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Grade 12
Profiles, Programs & Products, 1983
Chandler (Arizona) High School has reported a dramatic increase in student achievement levels since implementing a number of management, curriculum, and discipline policy changes. Among the program changes that contributed to these gains are: (1) creation of a positive school environment, with high expectations for teachers, emphasis on high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Profiles, Programs & Products, 1983
Ribault (Florida) Senior High School has reported a dramatic increase in student achievement levels since implementing a comprehensive college preparation curriculum. Among the program changes that contributed to those gains are: (1) the establishment and consistent enforcement of a strong discipline program, including rules for student conduct, a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Preparation
Norris, Carol A.; Wheeler, Linda – 1981
The Adult Reading Academy, a federally-funded service of the Phoenix Union High School District, serves native- and foreign-born adult students who are deficient in the basic skills of reading, writing, arithmetic, and oral communication. In 1980/81, the program served 476 students at 17 sites. Approximately 24 percent of the clients served were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Lipscomb, Judith D.; Cronin, C. Hines – 1994
The Southwest Alabama Cooperative Literacy Project was a workplace literacy program involving the University of South Alabama and seven manufacturing plants in the LeMoyne Industrial Complex in southwestern Alabama. The project's primary objective was to increase job productivity by teaching both conventional and functional literacy skills in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Alamprese, Judith A. – 1993
Connecticut's Adult Performance Program (CAPP), which was initiated in 1986, is a mix of policies, training, and technical assistance activities based on the following elements: specification of expected competency-based program outcomes; development of an assessment and instructional model to facilitate achievement of the program outcomes;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Taggart, Robert – 1986
Chapter 1 of this reference manual is a summary of the comprehensive competencies program (CCP). It describes this system for organizing, implementing, managing, and efficiently delivering individualized self-paced instruction, combined with group and experience-based learning activities, using computer-assisted instruction. (The CCP covers not…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Mercer County Community Coll., Trenton, NJ. – 1995
Mercer County Community College (New Jersey) and six small businesses used federal grant money to develop a model program of workplace literacy that would assist 600 adult workers with inadequate basic skills in performing their jobs. In analyzing the overall skills of the work force, the literacy audit identified these basic skills/literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Merkel-Keller, Claudia – 1987
In preparation for the mandatory administration of the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) that was to begin with ninth graders in 1986, a pilot program was conducted with ninth graders who had done poorly on the HSPT during its second, nonmandatory administration in 1985. Approximately 125 students were selected (25 in each of five…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Employment Programs
Lindsay, Carl A.; And Others – 1976
A project was conducted in Pennsylvania to determine what changes might improve the effectiveness of the State's adult basic education (ABE) program. Northcutt's construct of functional competency adult performance level (APL) and Mezirow's program evaluation model provided the basis for the project's two components: APL assessment and program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Hacker, James C. – 1992
A workplace literacy demonstration project was implemented through a partnership among the Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Institute for Adult Learning and Literacy, and the United Auto Workers/General Motors (UAW/GM) Human Resource Center. Competency-based, job-related foundation skills training was provided for 400 employees, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Computer Managed Instruction
Mrowicki, Linda; And Others – 1995
A project was conducted for the following purposes: (1) improve the productivity and efficiency of 21 companies by providing workplace literacy instruction to workers lacking basic skills required for their jobs; and (2) improve the capability of educational providers to meet the basic skill needs of the manufacturing and financial services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium, Alice Springs. Northern Territory Centre. – 2001
This publication presents case studies of two sites--one with and one without a history of involvement in Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL)-funded training programs. Case study 1, "Partnership, Flexibility, and Experience: Key Elements in Successful Training" (Jenny McGuirk), investigates a food processing company in New South Wales…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Jones, Kenneth M. – 1994
In 1989, Valmont Industries, a global manufacturer of steel lighting poles, center pivot irrigation systems, and other technologies and Metropolitan Community College began to work closely to address the basic skills training needs of Valmont workers. This partnership provided a unique educational opportunity for both Valmont employees and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
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