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National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
A nationally representative and continuing assessment of English language literary skills of American Adults
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N010201
Find a sentence in the article
64%
2003
Prose
Text Search
Exposition
N010201
Find a sentence in the article
64%
1992 & 2003
Prose
Text Search
Exposition
AB40701
Write in and add a $50 deposit on a check ledger.
64%
1992
Quantitative
Computation, Text Search
Form
AB40701
Write in and add a $50 deposit on a check ledger.
64%
1985 & 1992
Quantitative
Computation, Text Search
Form
AB60201
Write a letter explaining a bill error.
64%
1985 & 1992
Document
Application, Text Search
Bill/Form
AB60201
Write a letter explaining a bill error.
64%
1992
Document
Application, Text Search
Bill/Form
AB70301
Find the page in the almanac with the list of foods that contain vitamin E.
64%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
List
AB70301
Find the page in the almanac with the list of foods that contain vitamin E.
64%
1992
Document
Text Search
List
C080201
Underline three substances that may increase the drowsiness associated with taking Alladryl, using an Alladryl label.
64%
2003
Document
Text Search
Other Documents
N080201
Find information about disability.
65%
1992
Prose
Text Search
Procedures
N110301
Enter name and address
65%
1992
Document
Text Search
Form
N110301
Enter name and address
65%
2003
Document
Text Search
Form
N110301
Enter name and address
65%
1992 & 2003
Document
Text Search
Form
AB20201
Find which energy source supplies less power than coal, using a graph.
66%
1992
Document
Text Search
Graph
AB20201
Find which energy source supplies less power than coal, using a graph.
66%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Graph
AB41001
Describe what the poem is about.
66%
1992
Prose
Inferential
Poem
AB41001
Describe what the poem is about.
66%
1985 & 1992
Prose
Inferential
Poem
AB70401
Write three food sources of vitamin E, using a chart from the almanac.
66%
1992
Prose
Text Search
Exposition
AB70401
Write three food sources of vitamin E, using a chart from the almanac.
66%
1985 & 1992
Prose
Text Search
Exposition
AB70701
Follow directions on a map and identify the intersection.
66%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
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