Descriptor
Source
| Adult Literacy and Basic… | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Adult Performance Level | 2 |
| National Assessment of… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Koon, Mary Ann Buswell – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1981
Reviews literature on U.S. Office of Education-sponsored Adult Performance Level project that cites among its accomplishments (1) a model for competency-based education, (2) creation of national awareness of illiteracy, and (3) individualized programs. Among its insufficiencies are absence of reliable measures of validity, value-laden curriculum,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education, Federal Programs
Download full textSpencer, Mary L.; And Others – 1975
As part of the development of a functional literacy test for fourth through eighth grade children in Title I compensatory education programs, this report enumerates a set of criteria for selecting appropriate tests. The criteria are grouped into six categories: (1) test background; (2) psychometric quality; (3) examinee appropriateness; (4)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Evaluation Criteria, Functional Literacy
