Beatriz: In a report entitled Testing and Accountability in Adult Literacy
Education: Focus on Workplace Literacy Resources for Program Design,
Assessment, Testing, & Evaluation I provide knowledge resources for
designing, delivering and evaluating workplace literacy programs. Chapter 2
of the report is based on a report I prepared for the U.S. Dept. of
Education in 1991 telling how to evaluate national workplace literacy
programs. The chapter includes comments on (1) by what criteria should a
company judge the value of its program, (2) how should the government
evaluate the programs it funds, (3) relationship of program design and
development to evaluation, (4) the need for data on program effectiveness,
(5) are current government requirements for evaluation realistic and useful
for companies receiving funds, (6) on what basis should companies decide
whether to fund workplace literacy programs, and (7) developing an attitude
for inquiry. You can download the Testing and Accountability report at:
http://www.nald.ca/library/research/sticht/testing/testing.pdf

Tom Sticht