The Impact of Literacy
Literacy Links and Resources National Assessments of Adult Literacy (NAAL 2003)
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducted a nationally representative assessment of the English language literacy skills of American adults age 16 and older. The NAAL 2003 provided the first assessment of the nation's progress in adult literacy since 1992. To see results of the survey: nces.ed.gov/naal International Adult Literacy Statistics United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012
More than 861 million adults do not currently have access to literacy. The Literacy Decade focuses on the needs of adults with the goal that people everywhere should be able to use literacy to communicate within their own communities, in the wider society, and beyond. To learn about adult and youth illiteracy rates by country and region, click on “Statistics” on this page: UNESCO Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALLS)
The ALLS is a large-scale, comparative survey that goes beyond previous international studies. In addition to the literacy skills measured in the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), ALLS is designed to identify and measure a broader range of skills in the adult population (age 16-65) in each participating country.Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey Links to other Adult Literacy and Education Resources Adult Literacy & Technology Network
www.altn.org/ American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
www.aaace.org/ American Council on Education & GED Testing Service
www.acenet.edu/ American Library Association
www.ala.org/ BoardSource
www.boardsource.org/ Center for Applied Linguistics
www.cal.org The Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee
http://cls.coe.utk.edu Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication
http://reading.indiana.edu/ Commission on Adult Basic Education, Inc. (COABE)
www.coabe.org/ Community Partnerships for Adult Learning (C-PAL)
www.c-pal.net/ Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
www.caalusa.org/ The Educator's Reference Desk
www.eduref.org/ Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy & Goodling Institute
www.ed.psu.edu/isal International Reading Association
www.reading.org/ Learning Disabilities of America, Inc.
www.ldanatl.org/ NALS Synthetic Estimates of Adult Literacy
https://www.casas.org/home/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.showContent&MapID=124 National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center
ldlink.coe.utk.edu/ NationalCenter for Family Literacy
www.famlit.org/ NationalCenter for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
www.ncsall.net/ National Center on Adult Literacy
www.literacy.org/HTMs/ncal.htm National Council of State Directors of Adult Education
www.naepdc.org/ National Institute for Literacy
www.nifl.gov National Institute for Literacy's LINCS
www.nifl.gov/lincs/search/search.html Pfizer's Partnership for Clear Health Communication
www.askme3.org/ SCALE Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education
www.readwriteact.org/ TESOL Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
www.tesol.org/ Thinkfinity
www.thinkfinity.org/ United Way of America
national.unitedway.org U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/ U.S. Office of Vocational and Adult Education
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education (VALUE)
www.valueusa.org World Education
www.worlded.org
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