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Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. – 1998
This report presents a profile of the populations served by vocational education (VE) programs, comparing their literacy skills, demographics, and socioeconomic characteristics with those of students in other education tracks. Chapter 1 provides an introduction. Chapter 2 compares students enrolled in postsecondary VE programs with students…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Demography, High School Equivalency Programs, High School Graduates
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Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. – Education and Urban Society, 1995
Discusses the labor market consequences as well as the differential literacy skills achieved by urban and minority-population recipients of alternative types of high school certification: traditional high school diplomas versus General Equivalency Diplomas (GEDs). The author concludes that, although certain vocational programs foster high school…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Literacy, Minority Groups, Nontraditional Education
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Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. – Journal of Human Resources, 1992
Probit analysis of arithmetic scores from the Young Adult Literacy Assessment Survey (840 males and 1,077 females) found that quantitative literacy skills are a major factor in the likelihood of full-time employment. Low quantitative literacy appears to be associated with the lower probability of employment among young African Americans. (SK)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Black Youth, Employment Level, Literacy