Program Quality assurance
Publication year:
2005
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The main findings from a study "assess[ing] changes in prisoners' literacy and numeracy levels . . . [that] also examine[s] the relationship between basic skills education and post-release offending and employment outcomes" are provided (p. 1). Sections of this brief are: key points; the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's definition of literacy and numeracy skills; the sample; delivery of basic skills training; changes in basic skills levels; improved literacy and numeracy-linked factors; employment and offending after release; and conclusions. "Collectively, these results suggest that improving prisoners' basic skills alone is unlikely to have a major impact on their prospects for successful resettlement" (p. 4)