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1. Measuring Success - International Comparisons and Bottom Lines (2005)
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
On June 3, 2005, Sue Turner, on behalf of the Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestnet), welcomed delegates to Measuring Success: International Comparisons and Bottom Lines. Sue explained that the conference sessions would feature the preliminary findings of the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS) and
would also review the findings of the first International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003.
Added: 2006-05-30
2. Some Preliminary Comments on the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Lifeskills (ALL) Survey (2005)
Series: Comments on the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey
Authors: Thomas G. Sticht
Thomas Sticht, an International Consultant in Adult Education, offers comments on the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey.
Added: 2006-03-30
3. Study Reveals Cracks in Canada's Literacy Foundation: Community says politics must not stand in the way of progress - comments by MCL (2005)
Series: Comments on the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey
Authors: Movement for Canadian Literacy
This press release from the Movement for Canadian Literacy regarding the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (IALLSS) which reveals serious cracks in Canada's literacy foundation with as many as 4 in 10 Canadian adults below the skill level considered necessary to thrive in today's knowledge society.
Success in today's world demands continuous learning, and the study confirms that millions are being left behind.
Added: 2006-03-30
4. Theoretically You Can't Teach Adults to Read and Write: But Just Keep On Doing It (2006)
Authors: Thomas G. Sticht
The author writes on "Why is it so hard to get funding for adult literacy education"?
He explains that innumerable studies, reports, TV shows, and statistical surveys in most of the industrialized nations of the world declare that their nation is being brought to its economic knees because of widespread low basic skills (literacy, numeracy) amongst the adult population. But repeated calls for funding commensurate with the size of the problem go unanswered. Why?
Added: 2006-06-15
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