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Title: Basic Skills: The Sine Qua Non
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1. Taggart, Robert
Sum, Andrew
Berlin, Gordon L.
Basic Skills: The Sine Qua Non
Youth and Society 19,1 (September 1987): 3-21.
Also: http://yas.sagepub.com/content/19/1/3
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Childbearing; College Enrollment; Education; Educational Attainment; Fertility; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School Dropouts; Poverty; Racial Differences

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Using data from the NLSY and the 1980 Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) administration, this paper examines the devastating impact that lack of basic skills and competencies has on the ability of America's young people to compete in school and in the workplace.
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Taggart, Robert, Andrew Sum and Gordon L. Berlin. "Basic Skills: The Sine Qua Non." Youth and Society 19,1 (September 1987): 3-21.