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Direct linkWagner, Daniel A. – International Review of Education, 2008
With the advent of the UN Literacy Decade launched in 2003, there is increased emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of adult literacy around the globe. The present paper presents an overview of the main approaches that have been taken to measure adult literacy within and across countries. A particular focus of the present review is to compare and…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Adult Literacy, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Download full textGraff, Harvey J.; Jones, Stan; Street, Brian V. – 1997
This document contains two extended papers and one shorter commentary that reflect a continuing debate between two schools of thought on literacy that have been called the "autonomous" and the "sociocultural.""The Persisting Power and Costs of the Literacy Myth" (Harvey J. Graff) argues that current discourse on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Philosophy, Ethnography
Peer reviewedDarcovich, Nancy – International Review of Education, 2000
Describes the theoretical framework and practical application of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). Concludes that the survey is based on an empirically-proven statistical construct that has been executed accurately with results that shed light on the relationship between functional literacy and national and individual well being.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Content Validity, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedManesse, Daniele – International Review of Education, 2000
States that French authorities refused to make International Adult Literacy Survey results public, citing methodological flaws, the need for better procedural precautions, and a more adequate notion of literacy. Presents a synthesis of the counter investigations demanded by French authorities that justify their doubts on the IALS definitions and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedHautecoeur, Jean-Paul – International Review of Education, 2000
Reports that the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) was administered to 20 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1998. IALS identified a very large proportion of adults with very low levels of literacy, most of whom did not see literacy as being crucial to their well being. (Contains 12…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedRoberts, Peter – International Review of Education, 2000
Document addresses political and ethical questions generated by OECD's International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) and the New Zealand Foresight Project. Calls for further critical work on changing patterns of literate activity in the information age, stressing the importance of contemplating futures other than those driven by imperatives of global…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Philosophy
