NIFL Policy Fact Sheets
The above are Word documents available for downloading.
Other sources for facts and statistics:
2002 National Assessment of
Adult Literacy (NAAL). A national survey of the
literacy abilities of adults to be completed in 2002. The NAAL
will inform policymakers and educators about the factors
believed to play critical roles in the development of adult
literacy abilities. Knowledge about the roles, relationships,
and impacts of such factors will help improve educational
practices and programs.
1992 National Adult Literacy
Survey. A data collection system of the National Center for Education
Statistics that was designed to measure the nature and extent of literacy
skills among the U.S. adult population.
The State of Literacy
in America. Estimates of the local, state and national levels of literacy
in the United States.
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