Lisa,
I am attaching a copy of the study I did , "Value of Workplace Education" on
a English as a Working Language program in a distribution center,  Imperial
Distributors Inc. I wanted to show that there were changes for the business
as well as improvements in test scores. I chose two measures that could be
isolated and would not be affected by other things happening in the plant.
Specifically we picked attendance and error rates which were data kept by
the company. We looked at the data  for workers in the classes and had a
comparison group of workers who were not in the classes. We were able to get
data before the classes began and at the time of the study. In both
instances the attendance of the students in the classes improved and this
errors went down as compared with the other group. One of the most
significant things was the company experienced a 44% turnover rate. Among
the workers in the class 9 months after the classes ended the turnover rate
was 0.
Lloyd



Lloyd David, EdD.
Creative Workplace Learning
311 Washington Street
Brighton, MA 02135
Tel :  617-783-6360 
FAX: 617-782-0136

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From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Lisa Soricone
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:24 PM
To: The Workplace Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [Workplace 1496] Returns to Workplace ESOL

Hello -
I was wondering if readers out there could help with a request that's come
up in my office.  My colleagues and I are looking for studies or other
documents that  provide a case - perhaps even discuss the return on
investment -- for workplace ESOL programs.We've come across one Canadian
piece in this area but wondered if there might be something specific to the
U.S.

I'd appreciate any leads you can provide.
Thanks!
Lisa

Lisa Soricone, Ed.D.
Research and Evaluation Analyst
Commonwealth Corporation
529 Main Street, Suite 110
Boston, MA 02129-11225
(617) 727-8158, ext. 2303
fax (617)  242-7660
lsoricone at commcorp.org


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