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Adult Education Reports
Mounting Pressures Facing the
U.S. Workforce and the Increasing Need for Adult Education and Literacy (This is a pdf document. If you don't have
Adobe, you can download it by
clicking here).
This adult education report is from the National Commission on Adult Literacy
(released May 21, 2007).
ProLiteracy Worldwide's Webinar Presentation on the NAAL Comprehensive Report: ProLiteracy Worldwide's Senior Vice President Marsha Tait was joined by Sherrie Claiborne, president of the National Coalition for Literacy, to present a summary on the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) comprehensive report. Click on the link above to access the video presentation and downloadable
Power Point presentation.
Literacy in Everyday Life: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy:
This is the most recent publication of the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This report provides extensive information on the literacy of American adults age 16 and older and changes in their performance since 1992. Furthermore, it examines the relationship between literacy and several demographic variables including education, occupation, and income.