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Download full textDepartment of Education, Washington, DC. – 1990
The Adult Education Amendments of 1988 require the Department of Education to submit a report to Congress on the definition of literacy and then to estimate the extent of adult literacy. Literacy has been defined by self-report in early Census Bureau surveys, in a competency-based approach by the Adult Performance Level project, and as "the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Definitions, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBock, R. Darrell; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1982
Describes the evolution of national educational assessment in the United States, its present stage of development, methodological and reporting problems, and approaches applicable to assessment data. Examines how proposed approaches can be applied in the California Assessment Program and in the National Assessment of Educational Progress. (MJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Item Sampling
