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Skills that provide the basic foundation necessary to benefit from further training and education and for future employment. This category encompasses communication, comprehension, quantitative thinki [..]

A process whereby data-based measures are used to provide information on institutional performance.

Certification by an official review board that specific requirements have been met, such as institutional accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

A national initiative supported by Lumina Foundation for Education, among others, that is focused on improving the access and success of low-income and minority students in community college.

An achievement test from the American College Testing Program used for placement testing in some community colleges and for admissions screening in some baccalaureate institutions.

Education for adults whose inability to speak, read or write the English language constitutes a substantial impairment of their ability to procure or retain employment commensurate with their ability; [..]

provides courses of study leading to completion of credits and passing of state-mandated assessments (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT) necessary to qualify for a high school diploma.

A comprehensive program of adult basic education, adult secondary education, general educational development (GED) test instruction, and/or vocational preparatory instruction.

The level at which an adult must be able to read, write, compute and otherwise use the skills of schooling in order to operate successfully in the workplace and society.