Measuring Literacy: Performance Levels for Adults, Interim Report

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The following discussion focuses on the report by the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council who, in response to the U.S. Department of Education, formed the Committee on Performance Levels for Adults to advise on performance levels from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), and the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL).

  • Report: Measuring Literacy: Performance Levels for Adults, Interim Report
  • Date: June 20 – 24, 2005
  • Principle Guests: Judy Koenig and Stuart Elliot, Project Directors
  • See a listing of the Full Committee Members of the Project: Full Committee Members

Suggested preparations for this discussion:

  • read the Interim Report on-line at [1]
  • consider the questions posed by the discussion guests (see "View full Discussion Announcement" or "View list of questions" below)

The Final Report is due out in the Fall of this year; the differences between the Interim and Final Reports will be:

  • the application of the performance levels and cut scores to the 2003 data, and
  • the reporting of the percentages of adults in each level based on the 2003 results.

View full Discussion Announcement: Announcement

View list of questions (excerpts): Questions

Read a summary of the Discussion: Summary

Read the Discussion (edited): NASDiscussion

(For an un-edited reading of this discussion, go to the NIFL-Assessment List archives at: [2]
and view the Discussion Announcement on June 14,
and the discussion posts from June 20 through June 24, 2005)

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