[NIFL-WORKPLACE:552] Re: UPCOMING RESEARCH ON ADULT LITERACY

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Jaleh:

I'm confused. The web link at the bottom of your email goes not to the AEL
Survey, but to the ALL (Adult Literacy & Lifeskills) Survey, which looks to
be something else altogether.

Good to see you in Charleston, however briefly!

Harriet


At 10:32 AM 5/23/02 -0400, you wrote:

>In 2003, the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) of the U.S.
>Department of Education will be sponsoring the Adult Education and Literacy
>Study (AEL), which will provide the first-ever nationally representative
>information on the literacy and numeracy proficiency of participants in
>federally-funded adult education programs.  This information will be
>gathered from adult learners across the country using assessments and many
>adult education programs will be asked to participate.  The AEL Study will
>also collect national-level information on adult education program
>characteristics.
>
>In addition to this work and in cooperation with the U.S. Department of
>Labor, an international comparative study of the literacy and numeracy
>proficiency of the general population of adults will also be undertaken in
>2002-2003.  This is in addition to the National Assessment of Adult
>Literacy, which will also take place in 2003.
>
>Finally, data collection is now completed on an in-depth study of the skills
>of lower literacy learners (Level 1 Study).  This study aims to better
>describe the specific reading component skills (such as vocabulary, decoding
>skills) which may impact a learner's literacy progress.  Results are
>expected in 2003.
>
>for more information, go to www.nces.ed.gov/surveys/all or contact Mariann
>Lemke (mariann.lemke@ed.gov; 202-502-7314) or Michael Jones
>(michael.jones@ed.gov; 202-205-9260).
>
>
>
>Jaleh Behroozi Soroui
>National LINCS Director
>National Institute for Literacy
>1775 I street, Suite 730
>Washington DC, 20006
>Phone: 202/233-2039
>FAX:   202/233-2050
>
>www.nifl.gov/lincs

___________________________________
Harriet Vardiman Smith
Materials/Research Coordinator
Adult Literacy Clearinghouse
Texas Center for Adult Literacy & Learning
Texas A&M University
800-441-READ
website:  www-tcall.tamu.edu
email:  tcall@coe.tamu.edu



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