Front Matter -- VOLUME CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Is There a Gap Between Employer Skill Needs and the Skills of the Work Force? -- 3 Skills and the Economy: An Employer Context for Understanding the School-to-Work Transition -- 4 Should Social Skills Be in the Vocational Curriculum? Evidence from the Automotive Repair Field -- 5 Manufacturing the New Worker: Literate Activities and Working Identities in a High-Performance Versus a Traditionally Organized Workplace -- 6 Twenty-First Century Measures for Twenty-First Century Work -- 7 Postmodern Test Theory -- 8 Legal Restrictions on Assessments -- 9 Assessment Without Adverse Impact -- 10 What Policy Makers and Experts See (and Do Not See) in School-to-Work Transitions -- 11 Getting to Work: Thoughts on the Function and Form of the School-to-Work Transition -- 12 Transitions in Work and Learning -- Appendix.