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Peer reviewedWagaw, Teshome G. – Journal of Reading, 1978
Over twenty years of attempts to provide instruction in adult literacy skills have accomplished very little in the country of Ethiopia. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Literacy
Peer reviewedFagan, William T. – Journal of Reading, 1995
Compares and comments on two recent national surveys of adult literacy standards in the United States and Canada, which move away from reporting the number of literates/illiterates and use levels of literacy proficiency. Notes that different concepts for literacy levels, different types of sampling, and different ways of measuring literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
