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[SpecialTopics 778] Announcement-NAAL Data Set Training Seminar
David J. Rosen
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Colleagues,
I have been asked to post the announcement below by the National
Institute for Literacy staff.
David J. Rosen
Special Topics Discussion Moderator
djrosen at comcast.net
> *********************************
>
> Using the National Assessment of Adult Literacy Data file and Tools
> For
> Research, Secondary Analyses and Policy Development
>
> NAAL Data Set Training June 2008
>
> Description:
>
> The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in the U.S
> Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), will
> sponsor a 2 1/2-day advanced studies seminar on the use of the
> National
> Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) data files and tools for research
> and policy analyses. The 2003 NAAL measured the English literacy of
> America's adults living in households and prisons. Results are
> reported
> in terms of scale score averages on three literacy scales: prose,
> document, and quantitative, as well as literacy levels that are
> described as Below Basic, Basic, Intermediate, and Proficient.
>
> For more information about NAAL and a list of available publications
> that can be downloaded or ordered, visit the survey website. See the
> links available below.
>
> Type:
>
> Workshop/Training & Technical Assistance
>
> Audience:
>
> This seminar is open to institutional researchers and planners,
> education practitioners, policymakers, and association members, as
> well
> as faculty and advanced graduate students from colleges and
> universities
> nationwide.
>
> Location:
>
> Academy for Educational Development (AED)
> 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
> Washington, DC 20009-5721
> (202) 884-8583
>
> Dates:
>
> June 25-27, 2008
>
> Organization:
>
> National Center for Education Statistics
>
> More Information:
>
> Register for this conference
> <http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/Register.aspx?id=314>
>
> NAAL Data Set Training Seminar Announcement
> <http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/PDF/
> NAAL2008trainingannouncemen
> t.pdf>
>
>
> <http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/PDF/
> NAAL2008trainingannouncemen
> t.pdf> ( 267KB )
>
> For further information about NAAL, visit the study website
> <http://nces.ed.gov/NAAL>
>
>
> For help viewing PDF files, please click here
> <http://ies.ed.gov/help/techissues.asp#pdf> .
>
> Contacts:
> Vukovic, Gordana <mailto:gvukovic at sei2003.com> from Synergy
> Enterprises, Inc. at (240) 485-1700
>
> Sponsors:
> National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) <http://nces.ed.gov/>
>
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