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Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1995
Statistical data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics were analyzed to identify correlations between race/ethnicity, age, and prose literacy among adults in 1992. According to the analysis, prose literacy was highest among those adults with the highest levels of educational attainment, and adults aged 19-54 had higher average…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Age, Blacks
Baer, Justin D.; Cook, Andrea L.; Baldi, Stephane – American Institutes for Research, 2006
Rapid changes in technology make it necessary for adults of all ages to use written information in new and more complex ways. For example, learning how to operate computers, filling out complicated tax forms, and comparing price labels when shopping for groceries are just a few of the many tasks that are important parts of peoples lives. Every…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Literacy, Accountability
