By John Muir
The identify of John Muir has come to face for the safety of untamed land and desolate tract in either the United States and Britain. Born in Dunbar within the east of Scotland in 1838, Muir is famed because the father of yankee conservation, and because the first individual to advertise the belief of nationwide Parks. Combining acute commentary with a feeling of internal discovery, Muir's writings of his travels via a number of the maximum landscapes in the world, together with the Carolinas, Florida, Alaska and people lands which have been to develop into the good nationwide Parks of Yosemite and the Sierra Valley, bring up an know-how of nature to a religious dimension.These journals offer a special marriage of medical survey of normal historical past with lyrical and infrequently a laugh anecdotes, keeping a freshness, depth and brutal honesty so one can amaze the fashionable reader. This assortment, together with the never-before-published "Stickeen", offers the best of Muir's writings, and imparts a rounded portrait of a guy whose generosity, ardour, self-discipline and imaginative and prescient are an concept to at the present time.
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The Sample for NALS and NAAL For both assessments, data were collected via a household survey of a stratified random sample of adults age 16 and older. Additional samples were obtained in specific states in order to provide state-level results; this portion of the assessment was referred to as the State Adult Literacy Survey. In 1992, 12 states participated (California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington); in 2003, 6 states participated (Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, and Oklahoma).
In preparation for the release of the 2003 results, the Department of Education decided to focus specific attention on how NAAL results should be reported and interpreted. The department sought advice from the NRC and requested that its Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA) recommend performance levels to use in reporting NAAL results. The Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy was established to provide this advice. The committee included individuals with a broad array of expertise, including adult education, educational measurement and standard setting, English for speakers of other languages, literacy and literacy measurement, psychology, political science, public health, sociology, statistics, and survey methodology.
Individual is able to handle basic reading, writing, and computational tasks related to life roles, such as completing medical forms, order forms, or job applications. • Can read simple charts, graphs, labels, and payroll stubs and simple authentic material if familiar with the topic. , fax machine, computer operation). • The individual can qualify for entrylevel jobs that require following basic written instructions and diagrams with assistance, such as oral clarification. • Can write a short report or message to fellow workers.