Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i73KqH120669; Tue, 3 Aug 2004 16:52:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 16:52:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20040803164732.025517e8@pop.utk.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Donna Brian <djgbrian@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:620] Re: test-taking skills X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1682 Lines: 43 Hi Julie, I picked up your request from the Assessment List, and wonder if you would like it forwarded to the Workplace Literacy List as well. If so, you can either send it yourself if you are on the list or want to join it, or I can forward it for you, since I'm the moderator of the Workplace List. Donna JG Brian Moderator, NIFL Workplace Literacy Discussion List, and Coordinator/Developer LINCS Workforce Education Special Collection at http://worklink.coe.utk.edu/ Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee 600 Henley Street, Suite 312 Knoxville, TN 37996-4135 865-974-3420 (desk phone) FAX 865-974-3857 djgbrian@utk.edu At 8/3/2004 -040003:20 PM, you wrote: >I am working with a large company that is laying off 130 hourly employees >throughout the next 15 months. They are offering help to those people who >will >be looking for other jobs. They have set up programs assisting the employees >with interviewing skills, filling out an application, etc. > >They want me to conduct a few short workshops to help the employees feel more >prepared and comfortable with taking pre-employment screening tests >(standardized tests, such as TABE). While I know that many employees will >need some >sort of basic skill-building, I am only contracted at this point to teach >general test-taking skills. > >I did lots of test prep for a high school many years ago, but know that my >material must be very outdated. Does anyone know of some good, generic >test-taking prep materials that would be appropriate for hourly employees >with >intermediate skill levels? > >Thanks, >Julie Baker >13805 Shaker Blvd. #4A >Cleveland, Ohio 44120 >216-561-1629
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