The 'skills gap' between what employers need and job applicants offer already has become a drag on the economy, with nearly 3 million jobs unfilled even at a time of high unemployment. But a handful of states, working with private foundations, local community colleges and area employers, are redesigning their adult basic-education programs to provide career training and remedial course work--reading, writing, language and math--at the same time. The method works best for adults with seventh- to ninth-grade education levels who couldn't pass community college entrance exams. "These people are working. They have kids. Some have multiple jobs, and they get frustrated. Life happens," said Evelyn Ganzglass, director of workforce development at CLASP.

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