About Literacy
Facts & Statistics
 State of literacy in  America
 
 State/Regional  Profiles
 
 1992 National Adult  Literacy Survey
 
 International  Adult/Literacy  Survey
 
Policy & Legislation
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For information on the new National Assessment of Adult Literacy 2002, visit http://nces.ed.gov/naal/.

NIFL Literacy Fact Sheets:
Updated Spring 2002

NIFL Policy Fact Sheets

The above files are in Word Document format.

Other Statistical Resources:

The State of Literacy in America. Estimates of the local, state and national levels of literacy in the United States.

National Assessment of Adult Literacy 2002 , National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

The US Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy:

Other Databases:

National Adult Literacy Database (NALD)
The National Adult Literacy Database Inc. (NALD) is a federally incorporated, non-profit service organization which serves as a single-source, comprehensive, up-to-date and easily accessible database of adult literacy programs, resources, services and activities across Canada.

Asian-Pacific Literacy Database
This database is jointly developed by the Asia/Pacific Cultural centre for UNESCO (ACCU) and UNESCO Bangkok - Asia and Pacific Bureau for Education in co-operation with government and non-government literacy agencies in the region. The Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) is a non-profit organization working for mutual understanding and cultural cooperation in Asia and the Pacific in the fields of culture, book development and literacy promotion.




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