Measuring literacy : performance levels for adults / Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy ; Robert M. Hauser [and others] editors.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-201).

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"Through a process detailed in the book, the committee determined that five performance level categories should be used to characterize adults literacy skills: nonliterate in English, below basic literacy, basic literacy, intermediate literacy, and advanced literacy. This book documents the process the committee used to determine these performance categories, estimates the percentages of adults whose literacy skills fall into each category, recommends ways to communicate about adults literacy skills based on NAAL, and makes suggestions for ways to improve future assessments of adult literacy."--NAP Web site.

FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Adult Literacy Assessments and Adult Education -- 3 Developing Performance Levels for the National Adult Literacy Survey -- 4 Determining Performance Levels for the National Assessment of Adult Literacy -- 5 Developing Performance-Level Descriptions and Setting Cut Scores -- 6 Communicating and Using the Results of Literacy Assessments -- 7 Recommendations for Future Literacy Assessments -- References -- Appendixes

Appendix A The Committee�s Public Forums on Performance Levels for NAALAppendix B Examination of the Dimensionality of NALS -- Appendix C July 2004 Bookmark Standard-Setting Session with the 1992 NALS Data -- Appendix D September 2004 Bookmark Standard-Setting Session with the 2003 NAAL Data -- Appendix E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff

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