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  1. Duval-Couetil, Nathalie and Mikulecky, Larry.Immigrants, English, and the workplace Evaluating employer demand for language USA http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1366-5626&volume=23&issue=3&articleid=1915485&show=abstract
  2. Rosen, David J. International Workforce Literacy Review: United States. January, 2008. A review of the United States National Workplace Literacy Program written for the New Zealand Department of Labour http://www.dol.govt.nz/publication-view.asp?ID=265 It also includes case studies of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts state workplace literacy programs.
  3. Workplace Education: Twenty State Perspectives September,2007. Available from the Publications page of the National Commission on Adult Literacy web site: http://www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org
  4. Evaluation Report on Massachusetts Workplace Education project at Imperial Distributors, October 28, 2005.http://www.creativeworkplacelearning.com (Select link to "Programs", then download "Value of Workplace Education".)
  5. Conference Board. (1999). Turning skills into profit: Economic benefits of workplace education programs (Research Report No. 1247-99-RR). New York, NY: Bloom, M. R. & Lafleur,B. http://www.conferenceboard.ca/education/reports/pdfs/Skills_Profits.pdf (You might need to type "skills profits" in the search window.) - 2008-09-26 According to Barbara Forsberg, in a post to the National Institute for Literacy Workplace Discussion list on March 7, 2006, "The top five benefits to organizations that the 55 employers reported, and the percentages reporting those benefits, were:1) Morale/self-esteem – 87%; 2) Quality of work – 82%; 3) Improved problem-solving capacity – 82%; 4) Team performance – 82% and 5) Capacity to cope with change – 75%.The top five skills that the 55 employers thought employees had gained, and the percentages reporting those gains, were: 1) Willingness and ability to learn for life – 85%; 2) Improved ability to learn and apply information – 84%; 3) Improved ability to use documents – 84%; 4) Positive attitude toward change – 84%; and 5) Ability to build and work in teams – 80%"
  6. Paris, K. A. (1992). Evaluation of the third year of implementation of the Wisconsin Workplace Partnership Training Program (Report No. CE064497). Madison, WI: Center on Education and Work. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 361535) http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED361535 "All respondents (including employers) agreed that the WPT had improved the workers’ basic academic skills. The workers agreed strongly that the WPT had also improved their job skills, self-image, and work quality." (Barbara Forsberg, in a post to the National Institute for Literacy Workplace Discussion list on March 7, 2006)
  7. Thomas/Lane & Associates in association with James Bowman Association (2000, March 1). An evaluation of California's community college based economic development programs ( ED>Net). Retrieved November 22, 2005, from http://www.cccewd.net/resource.cfm?c=11 "The calculated growth rates for the 224 companies who did and did not receive ED>Net services were: 1)Total employment (number of jobs): 7.4% vs. 3.2%; 2)Wages per worker: 7.3% vs. 4.6%; 3)Gross profits: no significant difference. The economic performance of state funds invested in ED>Net programs was found to be as follows:1)Benefit/cost ratio: 9.6%; and 2)Fiscal return on investment (ROI): minimum of 19%, maximum of 35%. The report points out that the ED>Net services, while not necessarily the cause of the higher growth rates, can definitely be said to be statistically associated with them. It may be, for example, that the companies who sought out ED>Net services were growing already and needed help with training, or that the companies who sought out ED>Net services were pursuing other strategies that made them more successful." (Barbara Forsberg, in a post to the National Institutute for Literacy Workplace Discussion list on March 7, 2006)
  8. Levenson, Alec. Why Do Companies Provide Workplace Education Programs? in Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume IV: Chapter 3 (2004) http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/ann_rev/rall_v4_ch3.pdf
  9. Chang Barker, Kathryn. Elearning and Adult Literacy: Exploring Return on Investment http://www.futured.com/pdf/eLearning%20and%20Literacy%20ROI%20Guide%20Feb%2004.pdf
  10. Literacy@Work, Skills Today, Jobs Tomorrow. Los Angeles report on workforce literacy. http://www.unitedwayla.org/pages/rpts_resource/lwf_presskitflyer.pdf
  11. Workplace Education: Voices from the Field. Proceedings, National Workplace Literacy Program Project Directors Conference (Washington, D.C., September 1991). http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/13/03/13.pdf
  12. Sticht, Thomas G. Testing and Accountability in Adult Literacy Education: Focus on Workplace Literacy Resources for Program Design, Assessment, Testing, & Evaluation The author, Tom Sticht, says the report "provides knowledge resources for designing, delivering and evaluating workplace literacy programs. Chapter 2 of the report is based on a report I prepared for the U.S. Dept. of Education in 1991 telling how to evaluate national workplace literacy programs. The chapter includes comments on (1) by what criteria should a company judge the value of its program, (2) how should the government evaluate the programs it funds, (3) relationship of program design and development to evaluation, (4) the need for data on program effectiveness,(5) are current government requirements for evaluation realistic and useful for companies receiving funds, (6) on what basis should companies decide whether to fund workplace literacy programs, and (7) developing an attitude for inquiry." http://www.nald.ca/library/research/sticht/testing/testing.pdf
  13. Sticht, Thomas G. Literacy and Human Resources Development at Work: Investing in the Education of Adults to Improve the Educability of Children. Professional Paper 2-83.1983-02-00.ERIC Number ED262201
    • Abstract: Research indicates that many illiterate youth and adults who become parents are unable to transfer high levels of oral language skills or to model literacy use for their children. Consequently, their children begin school without the readiness skills necessary to learn to read and thus continue a cycle of family illiteracy and employment problems. Studies indicate that among the benefits that could be attained from employer-sponsored literacy training programs for marginally literate youth and adults while developing their literacy, oral language, and learning skills the following human resources-related benefits would be attained: (1) the value obtained from education dollars could be doubled, (2) youth and adult employment problems could be relieved, and (3) children's ability to achieve in school could be improved. Research studies have confirmed that literacy skills and their use have a direct impact on proficiency and productivity in the workplace. Literacy programs that focused training directly on teaching students how to perform job-related reading tasks resulted in improvements in both general and job-related literacy, with even brief programs having significant impacts on workers' literacy skills. In light of the intergenerational benefits to be gained from job-related literacy programs, researchers should seek cost-effective ways for employers to implement such programs. A brief list of references concludes the report.
    • To find a copy of the report: http://tinyurl.com/nj3r2o or Google Sticht Human Resources Development at Work and then go to the ERIC page that is presented.
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