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Daniel M. Leeds; Juliana Pearson; Simone Robers; Leslie Scott – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2020
The recent Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) provides insights into the skill levels of incarcerated adults ages 18-74 for the first time in more than a decade. Initial analyses of PIAAC data indicated that 31 percent of incarcerated adults with dependent children under 18 have low literacy skill levels…
Descriptors: Adults, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Parents
Jinghong Cai; Anirudh V. S. Ruhil; Dianne M. Gut – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2019
This paper uses 2014 PIAAC prison data to study the association between literacy/numeracy and correctional education as it relates to program type, ways of course offerings, and job/education history prior to incarceration. Specifically, the authors examine the relationship between participation in correctional education programs while…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Numeracy