Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g1LEZ9u04726; Thu, 21 Feb 2002 09:35:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 09:35:09 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05001902b89aaf91799b@[146.186.96.32]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Priscilla Carman <psc3@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:419] Thursday Notes, 2/21/02 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="============_-1197820735==_============" Status: RO Content-Length: 119787 Lines: 1806 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1197820735==_ma============" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >From the Division of Adult Education and Literacy > >Office of Vocational and Adult Education > >Editor: Sarah Newcomb >Production: Rose Tilghman > >February 21, 2002 >___________________________________ > > >Prospects Bleak for >Adults Lacking College >Adults lacking postsecondary learning will be short of job >opportunities through 2008, says Educational Testing Service senior >scholar Anthony Carnevale. Job seekers with educations below that of >a typical dropout will qualify for just 9% of the new jobs created >between 1998 and 2008. Others with education levels below an average >high school graduate's will be prepared for only 21% of the new jobs >created in that period. Job seekers with some postsecondary >education will qualify for 36% of the new jobs. Folks with a >bachelor's degree will be ready for 33% of new jobs through 2008. >Salaries also track education, Carnevale notes. Dropouts in 1998 >earned an average of $20,300 while earners with some college brought >home $31,600 that year. See attached PowerPoint chart. > >States Confer on >Trends, Targets >More than 100 State Directors of adult education and state staff met >with OVAE officials here February 12-15. They took a broad-brush >look at trends in adult education, including the role of adult >education in preparing workers for the 21st century economy. State >Directors reviewed state and national data to prepare to negotiate >performance targets for adult education to cover the next two years. >New targets should be ready and submitted to OVAE as a state plan >revision by April 1. State Directors offered a range of ideas for >OVAE to consider to fine tune the National Reporting System. > >Governors Urged to >Meet Challenges of >Online Assessment >Governors can meet the challenges of technology-based assessments by >using a nine-step approach, says a new policy brief from the >National Governors' Association. Steps include developing a >multiyear plan, involving creative thinkers, and going beyond >delivery of conventional tests by computers. The brief also reports >on four states' large-scale initiatives for web-based assessment in >K-12 classes. These include SD, OR, VA and GA. Of those, SD appears >farthest along. It expects to deliver the state's Assessment of >Content Standards this spring only on the web. Two states, UT and >NC, are pursuing more limited computerized testing. See the NGA >Center on Best Practices at ><http://www.nga.org/center>http://www.nga.org/center > >___________________________________________________________________ > >A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy > >Office of Vocational and Adult Education > >OVAE Homepage <http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/>http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/ Content-Id: <p05001902b89aaf91799b@[146.186.96.32].0.0> Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint; name="Literacy.ppt" ; x-mac-type="534C4433" ; x-mac-creator="50505433" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Literacy.ppt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1197820735==_ma============" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" -- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Priscilla Carman, Literacy Specialist America Reads Program Coordinator Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy College of Education, Penn State University 102 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3202 814-865-1049 FAX: 814-863-6108 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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