National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) : a first look at the literacy of America's adults in the 21st century / [prepared by Mark Kutner, Elizabeth Greenberg, and Justin Baer].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Kutner, Mark A.

Contributor:

Greenberg, Elizabeth

Baer, Justin

National Center for Education Statistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--United States--Statistics.

Literacy.

United States.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (27 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

First look at the literacy of America's adults in the 21st century

Place of Publication:

[Washington, DC] : National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, [2005]

Summary:

"The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) measures the English literacy of America's adults (people age 16 and older living in households or prisons). The average quantitative literacy scores of adults increased 8 points between 1992 and 2003, though average prose and document literacy did not differ significantly from 1992. Among Blacks, average prose literacy scores increased by 6 points and average document literacy scores rose by 8 points between 1992 and 2003. The average prose scores of Asians/Pacific Islanders increased as well, rising 16 points between 1992 and 2003. The average prose literacy scores of Hispanics fell 18 points from 1992 to 2003, while average document literacy scores decreased by 14 points. Average prose and document literacy scores among Whites did not change significantly. (Differences are discussed in this report only if they were found to be statistically significant at the .05 level. Standard errors for all tables and figures in this report are available on the NAAL website.)."

Notes:

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

"NCES 2006-470."

Other Format:

Print version: National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL).

OCLC:

656286008