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Download full textKirsch, Irwin – 1985
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has acted to provide a new perspective with its 1985 survey of the literacy skills of young Americans aged 21-25. In the Spring of 1985, NAEP began screening 40,000 households to identify a nationally representative sample of between 3,600 and 5,000 young adults aged 21-25 and several hundred…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1985
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has acted to provide a new perspective with its 1985 survey of the literacy skills of young Americans aged 21-25. In the spring of 1985, NAEP began screening 40,000 households to identify a nationally representative sample of between 3,600 and 5,000 young adults aged 21-25 and several hundred…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Kirsch, Irwin S.; Jungeblut, Ann – 1986
This document provides the final report of a survey conducted by the 1985 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to assess the literary skills of America's young adults. Chapter I provides the rationale for conducting a study of literacy proficiencies of young adults aged 21 to 25. The purpose and conceptual framework of the research…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Functional Literacy
