References and Research
Blueprint references and research links organized by topic area and key theme.
Business & Workforce Skills Research
2020 Global Human Capital Trends Report (Deloitte Consulting, 2020)
Good Jobs that Pay Without a BA (Georgetown University: Anthony Carnevale, Jeff Strohl, Ban Cheah, Neil Ridley, 2017)
Gulf Coast Workforce Board 2017-2020 Local Plan (Workforce Solutions, 2019)
Houston’s Academy for Career Development (Goodwill Houston, 2021)
Low Literacy Levels among U.S. Adults Could be Costing the Economy $2.2 Trillion a Year (Forbes: Michael Nietzel, 2020)
Skills Outlook (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2019)
COVID-19 & Adult Education
COVID-19 Rapid Response Report from The Field (ProLiteracy: Alisa Belzer, et al., 2020)
Digital Literacy, Health Literacy, & Financial Literacy
A Description of U.S. Adults Who Are Not Digitally Literate (National Center for Education Statistics: Saida Mamedova, Emily Pawlowski, 2018)
Digital Skills Gap (Burning Glass Technologies, 2017)
How Financial Literacy Affects Household Wealth Accumulation (American Economic Review: Jere Behrman, Olivia Mitchell, Cindy Soo, David Bravo, 2012)
Low Health Literacy: Implications for National Health Policy (George Washington University: John Vernon, Antonio Trujillo, Sara Rosenbaum, Barbara DeBuono, 2007)
The Health Literacy of America’s Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (National Center for Education Statistics, 2006)
Family Literacy
Educated Parents, Educated Children: Toward a Multiple Life Cycles Education Policy (Education Canada: Thomas Sticht, 2010)
Enabling Parents Study: The Role of PEEP in Supporting Parents as Adult Learners (University of Oxford, 2004)
Improving Mothers' Literacy Skills May be Best Way to Boost Children's Achievement (National Institute of Health, 2010)
Parents are a Child’s First Teacher (The Urban Child Institute, 2011)
The Effects of Adult Literacy on Children (ProLiteracy: Jennifer Vecchiarelli, 2018)
The Importance of Family Literacy (WordsAlive: Jennifer van Pelt, 2018)
General Statistics & Information on Adult Literacy
Definition of Functional Literacy (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2017)
Making Skills Everyone’s Business: A Call to Transform Adult Learning in the United States (U.S. Department of Education, 2015)
Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC): State and County Findings (National Center for Education Statistics, 2017)
Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC): Highlights of 2017 U.S. Results (National Center for Education Statistics, 2017)
The Case for Investment in Adult Basic Education (ProLiteracy: Kevin Morgan, Peter Waite, Michele Diecuch, 2017)
What is PIACC? (National Center for Education Statistics, 2017)
Houston’s Context for the Adult Literacy Challenge
2020-2021 Facts and Figures (Houston Independent School District, 2021)
A Profile of Immigrants in Houston, The Nation’s Most Diverse Metropolitan Area (Migration Policy Institute, 2015)
American Community Survey Data Profiles (United State Census Bureau, 2019)
Center for Houston’s Future Strategic Initiative: Health Care (Center for Houston’s Future, 2021)
Health Disparity and Health Inequity: Summary Report (Houston Health Department, 2019)
Houston Facts and Figures (City of Houston, 2020)
Houston Industries (Greater Houston Partnership, 2021)
Houston Ranks No. 1 in America in Renewable Energy Use (Paper City Magazine, 2019)
Houston Mayor’s Office of Adult Education (Houston Mayor’s Office, 2021)
Houston, TX Crime Analytics (Neighborhood Scout, 2020)
Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2021 Results (Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2021)
Literacy, Adult Education, & Equity
Advancing Technological Equity for Incarcerated College Students: Examining the Opportunities and Risks (Ithaka S+R: Kurtis Tanaka, Danielle Cooper, 2020)
Applying a Racial Equity Lens to Digital Literacy: How Workers of Color are Affected by Digital Skill Gaps (National Skill Coalition: Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, 2020)
Education and Training Opportunities in America’s Prisons (National Center for Education Statistics: Dana Tofig, 2017)
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education: A Meta-Analysis of Programs that Provide Education to Incarcerated Adults (RAND Corporation: Lois Davis, et al., 2013)
Now More Than Ever, Houston's 'Digital Divide' Puts Children's Education in Peril (Houston Chronicle: Jacob Carpenter, Shelby Webb, 2020)
Racial Disparities in Health Literacy and Access to Care among Patients with Heart Failure (Journal of Cardiac Failure: Sarwat Chaudhry, et al., 2017)
Racial Equity and Immigrant Integration (Coalition on Adult Basic Education, 2021)
Smartphones Help Blacks, Hispanics Bridge Some—But Not All— Digital Gaps with Whites (Pew Research Center, 2019)
The Relationship Between Incarceration and Low Literacy (Literacy Mid-South, 2016)
U.S. Prison Study Data Collection (National Center for Education Statistics, 2014)