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Download full textBrown, Rexford; Bowditch, Deborah – 1979
Results of a 1977 assessment of the reading abilities of approximately 1,250 adults (26 to 35 years old) are reported in this paper and are compared with results of a similar assessment made in 1971. After discussing a typical comprehension exercise used in the assessment, the paper presents the materials and multiple choice questions used in…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Educational Assessment, Functional Literacy
Mikulecky, Larry J.; And Others – 1979
This monograph contains a discussion of a telephone survey conducted to gain more knowledge about the job-related reading, functional reading, and leisure reading habits of a representative sample of adults from Anderson, Indiana. The discussion highlights survey results by demographic variables, reports specific analyses of survey items, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Employed Women
