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LINKS
REPORTS
Adult
English Language Instruction in the United States: Determining Need and
Investing Wisely (McHugh, Gelatt, Fix)
National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy
Adult
Literacy Education In Immigrant Communities: Identifying Policy and Program
Priorities for Helping Newcomers Learn English
Asian American Justice Center
Adult
Literacy and Postsecondary Education Students: Overlapping Populations
and Learning Trajectories (Reder)
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
America's
Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our Nation's Future (Kirsch, Braun,
Yamamoto, Sum)
Educational Testing Service
Career
Pathways: Aligning Public Resources to Support Individual and Regional
Economic Advancement in the Knowledge Economy (Jenkins)
Workforce Strategy Center
A
Chamber Guide to Improving Workforce Literacy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Crisis
at the Core: Preparing All Students for College and Work
ACT (formerly American College Testing)
Education
and Economic Competitiveness (Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman)
Federal Reserve System
(Delivered to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Education & Workforce Summit,
9/24/07)
Employment
and Training Policies: New Directions for Less Skilled Adults (Osterman)
Paper prepared for Urban Institute Conference “Workforce Policies
for the Next Decade and Beyond.”
The
ESL Logjam: Waiting Times for Adult ESL Classes and the Impact on English
Learners
NALEO Educational Fund (National Association of Latino Elected & Appointed
Officials)
Every
Nine Seconds in America A Student Becomes A Dropout
American Youth Policy Forum
For
the Benefit of All: Strategic Recommendations to Enhance the State's Role
in the Integration of Immigrants in Illinois
Report of the New American's Policy Council, Year One (December 2006)
How
Computerized Work and Globalization Shape Human Skill Demands (Levy and
Murnane, 2006)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Graduate School of Education
Implications
of Educational Inequality for the Future Workforce (Bailey)
Paper prepared for the symposium on The Social Costs of Inadequate Education,
Columbia University Teachers College
Investing
Wisely in Adult Learning is Key to State Prosperity
Southern Regional Education Board
Issue Paper 9 – Per Capital Income of U.S. Workforce Projected to Decline IF Education Doesn’t Improve (excerpted from a National Policy Alert of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, for the Spellings Commission on the Future of Higher Education)
Literacy
Behind Bars
Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Prison Survey
Literacy in
Everyday Life
Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Survey
National Center
for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
Performance
Measurement and Return-on-Investment (ROI) in the Workforce Development
System
The Workforce Alliance
Quality
Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career - Connecting American Education from
Birth to Adulthood
Education Week
State
and Local Fiscal Consequences of High School Dropout Problems in Massachusetts
(McLaughlin, Sum, Khatiwada, 2007)
Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University
Strengthening
State Adult Education Policies for Low-Skilled Workers (Amy-Ellen Duke
and Evelyn Ganzglass)
The Working Poor Families
Project
Supporting
English Language Acquisition: Opportunities for Foundations to Strengthen
the Social and Economic Well-Being of Immigrant Families
A Briefing Paper from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Grantmakers Concerned
with Immigrants and Refugees
Three-State
Recidivism Study (Steurer, Smith, Tracy)
Correctional Education Association
Toward
A National Workforce Education and Training Policy (Uhalde, Seltzer, Tate,
Klein-Collins)
National Center for Education and the Economy, Jobs for the Future, Council
for Experiential Learning
Tough
Choices or Tough Times
(see especially Background Paper Four: The Adult Workforce)
Report of the New Commission on Skills of the American Workforce
National Center on Education and the Economy
What
Do We Know About the Economic Benefits of the GED? A Synthesis of the
Evidence from Recent Research (Tyler)
Workforce Strategy Center
Working
Together: Aligning State Systems and Policies for Individual and Regional
Prosperity (Mazzeo, Roberts, Spence, Strawn)
Workforce Strategy Center