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Download full textRyan, Chris; Sinning, Mathias – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This report comes from a three-year program of research, "Securing Their Future: Older Workers and the Role of VET." Previous work from the program looked at how well workers were matched to their jobs, based on their literacy and numeracy skills and the use of these skills in the workplace. In a continuation of that work, the research…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Skilled Workers, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy
Sticht, Thomas G. – Basic Skills, 2002
Describes the FORECAST readability formula for adults working with job materials, which was developed in the early 1970s. Suggests that it is a better measure of who wants and needs basic skills than the International Adult Literacy Survey. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Needs Assessment
Peer reviewedMalicky, Grace, Comp.; Dieleman, Carolyn; Campbell, Lloyd; Wong, Bill; Krahn, Harvey – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1998
Presents highlights of a panel discussion on workplace literacy at the Literacy in the 21st Century Research Conference (Edmonton, Alberta, October 1997). Participants from business, government, and university discussed Syncrude Canada's Workplace Literacy Program, implications of the International Adult Literacy Survey for the labor market, and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Corporate Education, Foreign Countries, Human Capital
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1997
This second report from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) builds on the data analysis of seven countries presented in the first IALS publication in 1995 and adds literacy data for five additional countries--Australia, Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The introduction presents an overview of new key findings and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education
