Encouraging employees to foster and develop their talents and skills through additional training and development helps small businesses cultivate an educated and well-trained workforce. With ...

In 1992, the U.S. Department of Education sponsored the first nationwide assessment of adults’ English literacy skills. This assessment, called the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), was a ...

For a long time, HR teams have assessed performance programs with metrics like adoption rates, the percentage of employees who set goals and whether performance reviews were completed on time. While ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story misstated the size of the math performance gap compared with 2019 levels. The gap ranges from 1 to 14 percentage points, depending on grade level. Reading ...