For IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2005
Contact: Larry McQuillan
(202) 403-5119
Louise Kennelly
(202) 403-5817

State Assessments of Adult Literacy to be Released in Coordination with 
National Assessment of Adult Literacy

WASHINGTON – The Department of Education’s National Center for Education 
Statistics (NCES) will be releasing the first report based on data from the 
National Assessment of Adult Literacy on Thursday, December 15, 2005. The 
report, A First Look at the Literacy of America's Adults in the 21st Century 
will be available on the NCES website: www.nces.ed.gov/naal. The reports from 
five states who purchased a state sample in coordination with the NAAL will 
also be released on Thursday, December 15th at 9:30 AM. These states are 
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, and New York. These reports will 
be available at www.air.org/naal. Oklahoma's report is currently being 
reviewed by state staff and will be released shortly.

AIR’s team was led by Vice President Mark Kutner, and Elizabeth Greenberg, 
Stéphane Baldi, and Justin Baer. They were responsible for preparing the 
national and state reports. For additional information, contact Larry 
McQuillan, AIR’s director of communications, at (202) 403-5119.

About AIR

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is an independent, not-for- profit 
organization that conducts behavioral and social science research on important 
social issues and delivers technical assistance both domestically and 
internationally in the areas of health, education, and workforce productivity.

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