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Yaffe, Deborah – Educational Testing Service, 2011
Across the globe, education is essential to social mobility, bettering the lives of individuals and moving whole nations from poverty to affluence. Yet educational opportunity and the upward mobility it can bring are not equally available to everyone. In rich and poor nations alike, the disadvantaged--defined by gender and geography, race and…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Social Class, Global Education, Conferences (Gatherings)
Sum, Andrew; Kirsch, Irwin; Yamamoto, Kentaro – Educational Testing Service, 2004
This is the fourth in a series of reports that draws upon the vast amount of background and assessment data and information that have been collected from the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) and the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). In this report, the authors find connections between the literacy skills of adults and their success…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Labor Force, Immigrants, Economic Progress