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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
Download full textBessemer, David W.; Spencer, Mary L. – 1975
As part of the development of a functional literacy test for fourth through eigth grade children in Title I compensatory education programs, this report defines functional literacy for children and enumerates criteria for evaluating existing tests. Criteria for selection of a test include: (1) content, empirical, and construct validity; (2)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Computation
