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



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>

> 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/>

>