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Download full textElizabeth L. Tighe; Deborah K. Reed; Gal Kaldes; Amani Talwar; Christina Doan – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2022
In the most recent assessment by the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), approximately 19% of adults in the United States scored at or below Level 1 in literacy (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2019a). Adults who performed at Level 1 were only able to identify one key piece of information from…
Descriptors: Adults, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Illiteracy
Bates, A. W. – 1990
Adult illiteracy is a worldwide problem. Illiterate adults are the most difficult to teach and to reach because illiteracy is characterized by embarrassment and low self-esteem. Given that radio is heavily used by lower income and less educated people, literacy projects utilizing radio were attempted in 40 countries between 1960 and 1974. The main…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Age
