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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783771903321

Titolo

Measuring literacy [[electronic resource] ] : performance levels for adults / / Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy ; Robert M. Hauser ... [et al.], editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

0-309-16518-0

1-280-28640-7

9786610286409

0-309-55015-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HauserRobert Mason

Disciplina

302.2/244

Soggetti

Functional literacy - United States - Evaluation

Literacy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""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 NAAL""""Appendix 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""