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Download full textVenezky, Richard L.; Wagner, Daniel A. – 1994
Existing research on supply and demand (S&D) in adult literacy education in the United States was reviewed to determine the types of data needed to model S&D more accurately. Recent state/national studies of literacy service providers/technology, data on the demand for literacy instruction, the recent National Adult Literacy Survey, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Demand
Hollenbeck, Kevin; Kimmel, Jean – 2001
The linkages between disability and health status and the returns to education and basic skills training were examined through an analysis of data from wave 3 of the 1993 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation and the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS). The data sets were used to estimate standard wage equations with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cost Estimates
Banovetz, 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
