| Study |
Year of
Study |
Subject of
Study |
Test
In Assessment |
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Buswell's Study of
Adult Literacy
Skills
in Chicago |
1937 |
Chicago Area
Adults (N=1020) |
Reading:
Price Lists
Telephone
Directory
Newspaper Movie Ada
Paragraph Comprehension
Vocabulary
Knowledge |
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|
|
National Assessment
of Educational
Progress |
1970 |
Representative
National Sample of
Adults 26-35 Years
of Age |
Understanding Words
Reading Graphic
Material
Follow Written Directions
Using Reference Materials
Gleaning
Facts from Prose
Reading for Main Ideas
Drawing Inferences
Critical
Reading |
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|
|
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| Harris Survey: Survival Literacy Study |
1970 |
Representative
National Sample
of
Adults 16 Years of
Age and Older
(N=1,686) |
Completing Forms For:
Social
Security
Bank Loans
Public Assistance
Medicaid
Driver's
License |
|
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Adult Functional
Reading Study |
1973 |
Nationally
Representative
Sample of
Adults
in Households
16 Years of Age
and Older (N=1,537) |
Reading Of:
Signs, Labels, Forms
Periodicals, Books
Legal Documents, Letters
Notes, Instructions,
Listings
Advertising |
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|
|
|
Adult Performance
Level Study |
1974 |
Nationally
Representative
Sample of
Adults
(N=1537) |
Knowledge In:
Consumer Economics
Occupational Information
Community Resources
Health, Government &
Law
Skill In:
Communication
Computation
Problem Solving
Interpersonal Relations |
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|
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NAEP Literacy:
Profiles of
America's
Young Adults |
1985 |
Nationally Representative Household Sample
of
21-25 Year Olds in
the 48 Contiguous
States (N=3600) |
Prose, Document, &
Quantitative
Literacy |
|
|
|
|
NALS
National Adult Literacy
Survey |
1993 |
Nationally Representative
Household Sample
in
50 States of Adults
16 to 65 + (N=26,000) |
Prose, Document, &
Quantitative
Literacy |
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