Adult Literacy. Indicator of the Month [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 5577824
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED378352
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995
- 3 p.
- Summary:
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Statistical data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics were analyzed to identify correlations between race/ethnicity, age, and prose literacy among adults in 1992. According to the analysis, prose literacy was highest among those adults with the highest levels of educational attainment, and adults aged 19-54 had higher average literacy scores than did individuals aged 55 and older. Other key findings of the analysis were as follows: (1) Blacks and Hispanics with high school diplomas or General Educational Development (GED) certificates had literacy levels similar to those of Whites who had completed only 9-12 years of education and who lacked a high school diploma/GED certificate; (2) Hispanics achieved lower scores than Blacks or Whites on the prose, document, and quantitative literacy scales; (3) on the quantitative literacy scale, the difference between blacks and whites (63 points) was larger than that between white high school and college graduates (50 points); and (4) more than one-fifth of adults scored at the lowest level on the prose literacy scale, which means that they were unable to match/integrate multiple pieces of information when irrelevant (distracting) information was present or when background knowledge/inference drawing was required. (MN)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Extracted from "The Condition of Education, 1994.".
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Until 2065 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1995
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