By Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy, National Research Council

The nationwide evaluate of grownup Literacy (NAAL) is a loved ones survey carried out periodically via the dep. of schooling that evaluates the literacy abilities of a pattern of adults within the United levels a long time sixteen and older. NAAL effects are used to symbolize adults' literacy talents and to notify coverage and programmatic judgements. The Committee on functionality degrees for grownup Literacy was once convened on the Department's request for suggestions in identifying a way for reserving review effects that may be invaluable and comprehensible for NAAL's many diversified audiences. via a method exact within the booklet, the committee made up our minds that 5 functionality point different types might be used to represent adults' literacy abilities: nonliterate in English, lower than uncomplicated literacy, simple literacy, intermediate literacy, and complicated literacy. This booklet records the method the committee used to figure out those functionality different types, estimates the chances of adults whose literacy talents fall into every one type, recommends how you can converse approximately adults' literacy abilities in response to NAAL, and makes feedback for methods to enhance destiny exams of grownup literacy.

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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.

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