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Download full textWiley, Terrence G. – 1994
This digest reports on findings from recent literacy surveys and interprets these findings in light of theoretical and definitional issues involved in estimating literacy; examines approaches commonly use to measure literacy and enumerates concerns about the limitations of these approaches in linguistically diverse contexts; and concludes with a…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Definitions, English (Second Language), Estimation (Mathematics)
