There are a couple of discussions coming up next week on other NIFL
Discussion Lists that I thought some of you might be interested in. Take
a look and see. More information about each discussion can be found on
the respective lists.

 

 

 

Poverty, Race, Women, and Literacy List

Title of Discussion:

Gender, Race, SES and Adult Literacy: What does the National Assessment
of Adult Literacy (NAAL) tell us?

When: May 21-May 29, 2007

 

Guest Discussant: Elizabeth Greenberg

 

Guest Bio:

Elizabeth Greenberg, is a principal research analyst at the American
Institutes for Research (AIR), and is AIR's Project Director for the

2008 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) Special Studies
contract.  She was also AIR's Deputy Project Director for the 2003 NAAL
Design, Analysis, and Reporting contract. In her role as Deputy Project
Director for the 2003 NAAL, she led the development of the NAAL
background questionnaire and assessment items. She is a lead author or
co-author of several reports based on the 2003 NAAL, including A First
Look at the Literacy of America's Adults in the 21st Century, The Health
Literacy of America's Adults, Literacy in Everyday Life, Literacy Behind
Bars, and the 2003 NAAL Public-Use Data File User's Guide.  Elizabeth is
also an author or co-author of several reports and articles based upon
the 1992 adult literacy data, including English Literacy and Language

Minorities in the United States.  

 

To subscribe (and later unsubscribe if you wish) to the Poverty, Race,
Women, and Literacy List go to: 

http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/povertyracewomen 

 

 

 

Adult English Language List

Please join us for an upcoming discussion on implementing adult ESL
content standards from May 21-25. The discussion will be facilitated by
Kirsten Schaetzel and Sarah Young of the Center for Adult English
Language Acquisition (CAELA). Kirsten and Sarah will be joined by adult
ESL practitioners using standards in the field, including Dr. Lesley
Tomaszewski of the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and
Learning (TCALL) and Karen Gianninoto of the Maryland State Department
of Education.

 

To subscribe to the Adult English Language Learners discussion list, go
to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Englishlanguage
<http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Englishlanguage>  and click on
Subscribe

 

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

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