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Download full textSticht, Thomas G. – 2000
This paper discusses the use of telephone surveys as a substitute for, or addition to, the use of door-to-door surveys in assessing adult literacy ability. Part 1 addresses issues of validity in adult literacy assessment, including the concepts of construct or inferential validity and action or use validity. Part 2 is a review of related research…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Ability
Green, Andy; Preston, John; Sabates, Ricardo – 2003
The effects of education on social cohesion at the societal level were examined. First, a theoretical analysis and critique of models in the existing international and comparative literature on education, social capital, and social cohesion was conducted. The analysis resulted in development of a new hypothetical model relating skills distribution…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Crime, Developed Nations
