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Download full textAmerican Management Association, New York, NY. – 1996
The American Management Association's (AMA) 10th annual survey on workplace testing was mailed in January 1996 to a sample of its 9,500 member companies, resulting in 961 usable responses. The survey sought to determine how many firms test for "basic skills," how job applicants perform on these tests, how much the tests costs, and what firms do…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Entry Workers
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1997
CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System) and ACT (American College Testing) have separately developed systems to identify the skills needed in the workplace. A research project studied the relationship between CASAS' Workforce Learning Systems (WLS) and ACT's Work Keys to determine how the systems could be linked to support…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods
Taylor, Maurice C. – 1990
Following a discussion of the basic skills required for an adaptable work force and how employers and workplace literacy providers determine which employees require basic skills training, this paper reviews three literacy instruments that can be used in workplace basic skills programs. A basic skills profile is drawn based on a review of the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Educational Needs, Employment Practices
