The Center for Literacy
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IALS and Essential Skills in Canadian Literacy Policy and Practice: A descriptive overview
Institute Document | Published in 2013
This paper, produced for Summer Institute 2013, gathers descriptions on the uses of IALS (and IALSS) and the essential skills framework in policy contexts across Canada. The information was taken from federal, provincial, and territorial governments’ web sites searched between January and March 2013. The final section looks at literacy organizations and their uses of IALS and essential skills.
