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Peer reviewedAnders, Patricia L. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Reviews five commercially available tests of functional literacy and discusses two concerns related to the testing of functional literacy. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading, Reading Skills
Anderson, Linda K. – 1980
The purposes of this paper are to explore and present various opinions concerning the nature of functional literacy and the questions involved in assessing the extent to which one is or is not functionally literate, and to describe one instrument designed to measure functional literacy. The major sections of the paper provide information on the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Needs, Functional Literacy, Job Skills
Torres, Rosalie T.; Harnisch, Delwyn L. – 1983
A review of functional literacy testing in the United States from 1955-82 is provided by summarizing the results of literacy assessment studies and synthesizing the major issues which they have engendered. These reviews are grouped with respect to content, criterion-related, and construct validity. The paper concludes by (1) summarizing some of…
Descriptors: Adults, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
