ERIC Number: ED491920
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005-May
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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The Relationship of the Component Skills of Reading to Performance on the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). NCSALL Research Brief
Strucker, John; Yamamoto, Kentaro; Kirsch, Irwin
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)
This research brief highlights key findings from a study that is a subset of a larger study being conducted jointly by NCSALL's John Strucker and Kentaro Yamamoto and Irwin Kirsch of the Educational Testing Service (ETS). This study builds on the proposition that a reader's comprehension performance is largely determined by his or her abilities in two areas--print components and meaning components--and that learners' skills, and therefore instructional needs, vary depending upon their relative strengths and weaknesses in these component areas. Print components include decoding accuracy and fluency; meaning components include oral vocabulary skills. The study also continues work done by Strucker and NCSALL's Rosalind Davidson to develop reading profiles of IALS Levels 1 and 2 adults that will be informative for teachers, administrators, and policymakers in the field of adult literacy. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Reading Comprehension, Adult Literacy, Oral Language, Reading Skills, Decoding (Reading), Reading Fluency, Profiles, Student Needs
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210. Tel: 617-482-9485; e-mail: ncsall@worlded.org; Web site: http://www.ncsall.net.
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, MA.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: International Adult Literacy Survey
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