Stemming Criterion Bleed: Evaluating Literacy Education in Its Own Terms.

St. Clair, Ralf

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Publication Date: 2002

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Stemming Criterion Bleed: Evaluating Literacy Education in Its Own Terms.

St. Clair, Ralf

Adult Basic Education, v12 n2 p67-81 Sum 2002

Examines ways in which the evaluative criteria of literacy education are being displaced by those with a work force development focus. Illustrates the consequences of criterion bleed: the concept of basic skills is being shifted from a means of democratic participation to a tool for employment. Urges adult literacy educators to adopt a critical stance. (Contains 22 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Evaluation Criteria, Job Training, Literacy Education, Role of Education, Workplace Literacy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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