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Adult Literacy in the United States. Data Point. NCES 2019-179

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Mamedova, Saida; Pawlowski, Emily – National Center for Education Statistics, 2019

Using the data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), this Data Point summarizes the number of U.S. adults with low levels of English literacy and describes how they differ by nativity status and race/ethnicity. PIAAC is a large-scale international study of working-age adults (ages 16-65) that assesses…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, English, Racial Differences

Literacy in Canada. A Research Report.

Creative Research Group, Ltd., Toronto (Ontario). – 1987

This document reports the results of a study of literacy in Canada conducted for the Southam News in 1987. During the study, 2,398 Canadians were surveyed to determine the levels of literacy they possessed and how they coped in society if they were illiterate. The research methodology is based on an assessment of literacy conducted in 1985 by the…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Demography

Literacy in the Information Age: Final Report of the International Adult Literacy Survey.

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