Hi All,

Just a reminder to join the National Institute for Literacy for a LIVE
webcast on:
Adults with Basic and Below Basic Literacy Levels: Findings from NAAL and
Implications for Practice.
Featuring Dr. Sheida White, Dr. John Strucker, & Brian Bosworth, and
moderated by Lori Aratani

WHEN: August 15, 2006
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. EDT

We encourage you to register in advance. To register for this webcast go to:


<http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=26758&s=1&k=EC4046F499FFDA3117E9FDB1758666EB>

For more information about this webcast, go to: <http://www.nifl.gov/>
 
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The National Institute for Literacy is hosting a live webcast on Tuesday,
August 15 at 1:30 p.m. EASTERN TIME to discuss the results of the National
Assessement of Adult Literacy (NAAL) 2003, specifically relating to
Americans who tested in the Below Basic and Basic literacy levels. The
webcast will feature Dr. Sheida White, of the National Center for Education
Statistics, who served as project officer for the NAAL, who will present the
findings of the NAAL for Below Basic and Basic levels. In addition, there
will be a panel of subject-matter experts who will discuss what implications
the NAAL findings for Below Basic and Basic adults will have on programs.
The panelists include John Strucker, of the National Center for  Adult
Literacy and Learning, will discuss basic skills; and Brian Bosworth, of the
consulting firm FutureWorks, will discuss implications for workforce
programs.

The live webcast will feature:

*	Dr. Sheida White directs the National Assessment of Adult Literacy
at the National Center for Education Statistics (or NCES). After working as
a full-time reading researcher for 6 years, she joined NCES in 1991.  During
the first 8 years at NCES, she monitored the National Assessment of
Education Progress (NAEP). Since 1999, she has been directing the NAAL
project. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Language in Society
and Reading Research Quarterly.

*	Dr. John Strucker is a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of
Education whose research for NCSALL has focused on adult reading
development. He previously taught and assessed adults with reading
difficulties at the Community Learning Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

*	Brian Bosworth is the founder and President of FutureWorks, a
private consulting and public policy research firm in Belmont,
Massachusetts, that builds regional institutions and strategies for economic
growth, workforce education, and civic improvement.

The webcast will be moderated by Lori Aratani, Education Staff Writer at the
Washington Post.

Please note: For anyone unable to view the webcast live, the National
Institute for Literacy will be archiving this webcast on its website
www.nifl.gov approximately one week later. 


My Linh Nguyen
Associate Director of Communications
National Institute for Literacy
(202) 233-2041
fax (202) 233-2050
mnguyen at nifl.gov