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ERIC Number: EJ376230
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Literacy Is Vital to Survival in the Technical Classroom and Workplace.
Pellegrino, James P.
NASSP Bulletin, v72 n509 p88-94 Sep 1988
Discusses literacy and quality of education problems in the United States, provides literacy statistics (including school dropouts and immigrants), and identifies factors contributing to the problem. Presents unencouraging National Assessment of Educational Progress 1980 survey results, links the need for technical literacy to vocational education, and discusses recent inroads. Includes nine references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Critical Thinking, Education Work Relationship, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy Education, Technological Literacy, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Assessment of Educational Progress