Transitions in Work and Learning: Implications for Assessment

by National Research Council and Board on Testing and Assessment

The dramatic shift in the American labor market away from manufacturing and the growing gap in earnings between high school and college graduates have contributed to a sense of alarm about the capacity of the nation's schools to supply adequately skilled graduates to the work force. The role that schools can or should play in preparing people to enter the world of work is hotly debated. In an effort to nurture the important and ongoing national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309063655
• ISBN13: 9780309063654
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 35 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 8.5"