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"New Skills for a New Economy," a study done in Massachusetts in 2000-2001, sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC), and carried out by adult literacy researchers John Comings and Johan Uvin, and economist, Andy Sum, will give you a good picture of the basic skills needs of incumbent workers in that state. 1.1 million of Massachusetts' 3.2 million workers are not adequately prepared (lack basic skills)for New Economy jobs. see http://www.massinc.org/index.php?id=60 and http://www.massinc.org/index.php?id=35

Other sources that might be useful include: the Conference Board of Canada, and the National Institute for Literacy special collection of Workforce Education.

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1) "New England 2020: a Forecast of Educational Attainment and its Implications for the Workforce of New England States," from the [Nellie Mae Education Foundation, June 2006; and

2) "New Skills for a New Economy," from MassINCDecember 2000, plus its follow-up white paper, "Getting the Job Done," also from MassINC at the same web site.

3) A nice, short summary of the national landscape in this regard is available with lots of numbers and charts in "The Jobs Revolution: Changing How America Works," by Steve Gunderson, Roberts Jones and Kathryn Scanland, 2004, available on-line from Greystone consulting Group, Washington, D.C. at www.jobsrevolution.com.

4) You might also want to look at the web site of the Working For America Institute, the training and education arm of the national AFL-CIO, at www.workingforamerica.org. Lots of good info there, too.