It is simply one way of providing a more flexible
workplace at its basic level and in a cost effective manner.
Not exact matches
The most startling finding of the report, released by the nonpartisan think - tank, MassINC (The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth), is that 667,000 of the 1.1 million
at - risk workers have earned a high school credential but still lack
basic math, reading, writing, language, and analytic skills
at the
level considered acceptable for the typical 21st century
workplace.
Multivariate analyses indicate that, when controlling for race / ethnicity, gender, advanced science and math course taking, and GPA, the odds of enrolling in higher education for a student who scored
at the advanced
level on an occupation - specific exam are greater by a factor of 1.39, and on a
workplace readiness exam by a factor of 2.22 than the odds for a student with a score
at the below
basic level.
For those with scores
at the competent
level, the odds of enrolling in a postsecondary education institution are greater by a factor of 1.28 for students taking an occupation - specific exam and by a factor of 1.70 for students taking a
workplace readiness exam than for those with scores
at the below
basic level.