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Download full textNightingale, Demetra; And Others – 1991
This report analyzes the incidence of learning disabilities among individuals in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and other employment training programs and the impact of these learning disabilities on programmatic approaches to functional literacy assessment and training. The report examines the proportion of target individuals likely to be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Employment Programs
Imel, Susan – 2003
Workplace literacy was the focus of attention during the era of the National Workplace Literacy Program (NWLP), funded by the U.S. Department of Education from 1988-1996. Since then, it has not disappeared, in part because recent legislation such as the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and Welfare Reform Act has increased the work-related focus of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Economic Development
