[NIFL-HEALTH:4351] The NALS

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Posted by request. Debbie Yoho

From: Baur, Cynthia 
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 12:02 PM
> To: 'nifl-health@nifl.gov'
> Subject: 2003 NALS
>
>
> I am the lead at HHS on the health literacy component of the 2003 NAAL and
> am aware of the interest in seeing the materials and questions. I am
> replying to the list because this question has come up before on the list
> and other meetings and conversations. The position of the National Center
> for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Department of Education, which is
the
> agency that administers the 2003 NAAL (FYI, NALS is the acronym for the
1992
> assessment), is that it has not in the past and does not intend for the
2003
> survey to release the materials and questions used in the survey. Many
> people have questioned this position because it is a federally funded
> survey. HHS, which is a partner with ED on the survey, specifically the
> health literacy component, has not been permitted to release the health
> literacy questions. The NAAL project officer is Sheida White. Contact
> information is on the NAAL web site. 
>
>
> Cynthia Baur, Ph.D.
> Health Communication and e-Health Advisor
> Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
> 200 Independence Ave., S.W., Rm. 738G
> Washington, D.C. 20201
> (202) 205-2311 (voice)
> cbaur@osophs.dhhs.gov

Deborah W. Yoho
Co-moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv



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