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Peer reviewedFerguson, Richard L. – Industry & Higher Education, 1995
Education and adult life/work are concurrent, not consecutive. To address this new paradigm, Work Keys provide a common language for education and business to prepare people for education and employment transitions. Work Keys components are job profiling, skills assessments, and targets for instruction. (SK)
Descriptors: Competence, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Job Analysis
Download full textHater, John J. – 1992
Work Keys (occupational tests developed by American College Testing) could support an employer's human resource function in a number of ways: (1) communicating to educators the skill requirements for an employer's particular jobs on a national basis; (2) providing students with a realistic preview of skills needed for jobs and an assessment of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Construct Validity, Content Validity
