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Download full textBaer, Justin; Kutner, Mark; Sabatini, John; White, Sheida – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) assessed the English literacy of adults in the United States for the first time since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey. The assessment was administered to more than 19,000 adults (ages 16 and older) in households and prisons. The tasks included on the assessment were designed to measure…
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Educational Assessment, Low Achievement, Adult Literacy
Direct linkNuno-Toledo, Elsa – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the learning of basic reading literacy skills in a contextualized, educational career technical training program, specifically the School to Work Program. The study explores whether adult literacy rates can change through students' participation in a contextualized, educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Functional Literacy, Job Training
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1995
The International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) was a collaborative effort by seven governments and three intergovernmental organizations to describe and compare the literacy skills of people from Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Each country drew a probability sample from which results…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Comparative Analysis
Sticht, Thomas G.; And Others – 1978
Two separate research reports are presented in this paper. In the first report, we have identified through literacy research three sets of job-related reading tasks for adults: (1) those involved in getting a job, (2) those concerned with learning a job, and (3) those concerned with doing a job. National surveys have indicated that the black,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Aural Learning
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 2000
Data drawn from 3 cycles of data collection for the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) were analyzed to identify the levels and distributions of literacy skills in the adult populations of 20 countries. The following were among the main conclusions: (1) in 14 of the countries, at least 15% of all adults have literacy skills at only the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis
Rassool, Naz – 1999
This book examines literacy for sustainable development in the age of information. It begins by discussing the relationship between literacy and hegemony, social policy, national language policy, colonial relations, and postcolonial realities. Also discussed in the introduction are views and definitions of literacy and considerations in mapping a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizenship Education
