National Institute for Literacy - Assessment Strategies and Reading Profiles
Reference:

You will find this quotation in:

Kruidenier, J.R. (2002). Research-based principles for Adult Basic Education reading instruction. Washington, DC: National Institute for Literacy, pp. 86-88.

Or, you may wish to view this document on-line. You can access the relevant section at the Partnership for Reading's Adult Education Reading Instruction website:

www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/adult_reading/
comprehension/instruction/compinstr8a.html

You can also find information about the study that supports this statement in: Gambrel. L. B., & Heathington, B. S. (1981). Adult disabled readers' metacognitive awareness about reading tasks and strategies. Journal of Reading Behavior, 13(3), 215-221.

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