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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 pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy
Otros Autores: Hauser, Robert Mason
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Functional literacy > United States > Evaluation.
Alphabétisation fonctionnelle > États-Unis > Évaluation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Literacy.
Functional literacy > Evaluation.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Committeeâ€?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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