After reviewing the literature on functional literacy, proposes that new measures be developed and classified according to the practical information to be obtained and the decisions to be made from them. (AA)

Discusses the decisions made in the development of a functional literacy test used in Philadelphia. (MKM)

Traces the origins of the literacy tradition in indigenous African cultures to the use of the tools of literacy by two black social activists--W.E.B. Dubois and Malcolm X. Also stresses the relationship of literacy to social action, self-education, and liberation of the mind. (AEW)

Describes a program designed to develop interactive, language-experience-based software to promote functional literacy among illiterate adults. The project uses the microcomputer with language-experience-based software to aid the teacher in providing highly individualized instruction to illiterate learners. (CT)

Relates Victorian attitudes toward education by a forgotten 19th century liberal educator concerned with proper moral education. Concludes that uses and development of basic literacy are severely bound by individual and social contexts and that basic literacy does not, in itself, wield a magical transforming power for learning and life. (TRS)

Describes a book award for which only children vote and claims that the children's participation in the award has promoted discriminating reading. (SRT)

A unified framework for validating criterion-referenced test (CRT) interpretation is proposed. Using functional literacy as an illustration, the instructional outcomes assessed are called achievement constructs, and described in psychological and behavioral terms. The proposed construct validation methods can yield tests more closely linked to…

Discusses the breadth of the problem of adult functional illiteracy and the components of the National Adult Literacy Project, a National Institute of Education program to identify model programs, develop literacy materials, and involve college work-study students in tutoring illiterate adults. (SK)

The interrelated nature of the problems of illiteracy, overpopulation, and poverty in developing countries is explored and an integrated approach to solving these problems in India, the Functional Literacy and Family Life Planning Education program, is described. (MS)

Part I of the paper describes three methods for estimating reading demands of jobs. Part II describes Project FLIT with the objective of developing a program to achieve minimal job reading requirements. (AG)

Article derives some of its information from the third international conference on adult education held in Tokyo in 1972 and from other conferences that, in the past ten years, considered development in adult education. (RK)

Examines the beginnings of mass education; the Russians' contribution, Unesco's contribution, the work of ethnologists and economists in this field, and the impact of the Tehran Conference. Includes a short literacy glossary. (RB)

Discussed are: overall objectives, nature and scope of the functional literacy and continuing education programs, personnel, and program implementation. (Author/SP)

A scientific framework to a global and comprehensive approach to functional literacy includes a situational analysis as a foundation for goal-setting and program elaboration. The four dimensions of the situation are: existing societal organizations, value system, human needs and resources, and new change factors. (EB)

Before specific role of the public library in eradicating illiteracy can be determined, each library must determine the extent of the problem in its community; determine what is already being done; and analyze the library's resources. Specific involvement and goals must be determined for services to teachers and students. (EJS)