TAL 404- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 26 pages long!)
16 Feb 2018
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A perfect storm: everything comes together "just so, every condition necessary for the good or bad thing to happen is in place. Literacy surveys conducted by ets have represented literacy along scales divided into 5 levels. Shifting labor markets/demographics: america"s labor force will grow more slowly over the next 20 years, with almost none of the growth expected to come from native-born workers. Immigration is projected to account for more than half of our population growth between now and 2015. Immigration patterns have changed dramatically over the past 100 years. The majority of these births take place among women with either no high school diploma or no postsecondary education. Jobs associated with college-level skills and education accounted for two-thirds of the job growth between 1984 and 2000. Jobs requiring high levels of education and skills are projected to account for almost half of the job growth over the next decade. Wage and salary earnings reflected a shared prosperity through 1975.
