Literacy Assessment in the Third World: An Overview and Proposed Schema for Survey Use.

Wagner, Daniel A.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Literacy Assessment in the Third World: An Overview and Proposed Schema for Survey Use.

Wagner, Daniel A.

Comparative Education Review, v34 n1 p112-38 Feb 1990

Discusses problems involved with surveying and assessing literacy rates in developing nations. Defines current debates over literacy measurement, classification, and surveying. Examines and questions current assumptions linking literacy policy and economic development. Describes models for surveying and measuring literacy and numeracy skill levels. (TES)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Error of Measurement, Literacy, Literacy Education, National Surveys, Research Methodology, Research Needs, Research Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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