Ready Indiana

Ready Indiana periodically scans reports, extracts relevant information and summarizes key facts about workplace literacy. To see fact sheets developed about workplace literacy, click on either the full set of facts (HERE) or on one of the links below:

I. What Is the Workplace Literacy Problem?

1. Historically, too few Hoosiers completed high school or graduated without the basic skills needed to function in the modern workplace
2. Adult basic skills training programs currently reach only a small proportion of the workers needing those skills
3. The economy is changing, with increasing demands for skilled adult workers
4. The skills gap is widening due to high dropout rates, low educational attainment, and demographic changes such as immigration and the aging of American workers
5. The cost to employers, taxpayers and workers is daunting

II. What Can Employers Do?

• To remain competitive, Indiana employers, workers and policymakers must act
• Identify literacy training needs
• Provide/support workplace literacy training

III. What are the Benefits of Workplace Literacy Training? For Employers, Workers and the Economy?

• List of benefits
• Benefits classified by type
• Employer ranking of benefits

For further information, see source documents and the reports and studies section of the Ready Indiana web site.