Chapter 4




Prose Literacy,
Document Literacy and
Quantitive Literacy:
Understanding What Was
Measured in IALS and ALL




Irwin Kirsch
Educational Testing Service Princeton, NJ




Materials adapted from "The International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS): Understanding What Was Measured. Research Report, Kirsch, Irwin, Educational Testing Service, December 2001." Used by permission of Educational Testing Service, the copyright owner.