The overall goal of this activity is three-fold: to try to
improve our understanding of the nature of basic learning
competencies (BLCs) within and across societies; to assist
governments and multinational agencies in obtaining reliable and
useful information in this domain in order to improve in-school

wagner_assesing_basic_learning_99.pdf

Literacy and economic development have existed as terms that are
inextricably linked in the literature, often with little examination. As one
looks more closely at the rationales for this relationship, it becomes clear
that much more needs to be known about the functions and uses of literacy
in everyday life, how literacy is linked to productive activity, and how

wagner_assesing_basic_learning_00.pdf

Literacy cannot be separated from peoples' sociocultural contexts and from their self-conceptualizations within those
contexts. A person's literacy functioning will depend upon the role literacy plays in meeting one's goals and in the
resulting construction of one's self-image. Within context, not only written language, but the interaction between written

fagan_cult__lit_prac_in_Canada_96.pdf

Even though millions of dollars have been invested

in workplace literacy programs, few programs have

been evaluated well. Typically, evaluations have

relied on anecdotes, learner satisfaction

questionnaires, and standardized basic skills tests. An

effective evaluation, however, should consist of two

MikuleckyLloyd_workplace_literacy_95.pdf

instruction in the United States are complicated by

(a) changing demands for basic skills in the

workplace, (b) an increase in immigrants who have

limited command of English, (c) changing federal

welfare policies, and (d) limited awareness on the

part of those with low reading and writing ability

VenezkyWagner_supply_and_demand_95.pdf