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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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Year
Scale
Demand
Material
AB60701
Identify who can help you with the set-up of a room.
79%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Other Documents
AB60801
Write the day of the program.
80%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Other Documents
AB60802
Write the date of the program.
81%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Other Documents
AB60803
Write the time of the program.
82%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Other Documents
AB60901
Count and write the number of necessary chairs.
50%
1985 & 1992
Quantitative
Computation, Text Search
Other Documents
AB61001
Identify the end of the room to place the tables.
75%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Map
AB70301
Find the page in the almanac with the list of foods that contain vitamin E.
64%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
List
AB70401
Write three food sources of vitamin E, using a chart from the almanac.
66%
1985 & 1992
Prose
Text Search
Exposition
AB70501
Calculate the cost of a certain lunch.
48%
1985 & 1992
Quantitative
Computation, Text Search
Table
AB70601
Calculate the 10% tip on a certain lunch.
42%
1985 & 1992
Quantitative
Computation, Text Search
Table
AB70701
Follow directions on a map and identify the intersection.
66%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Map
AB70801
Circle the choices in a list of classified ads.
80%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
List
AB70901
Enter the date on a deposit slip.
80%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Form
AB70902
Enter the cash amount on a deposit slip.
70%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Form
AB70903
Enter the check amount on a deposit slip.
82%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Form
AB70904
Total the amounts on a deposit slip.
83%
1985 & 1992
Quantitative
Computation, Text Search
Form
AB71001
Indicate the best note to an appliance company.
68%
1985 & 1992
Prose
Inferential
Procedures
AB71101
Explain to the interviewer the differences between two types of benefits.
42%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Table
AB71201
Circle a specific movie from given information.
80%
1985 & 1992
Document
Text Search
Table
AB20101
Find which energy source uses the most power, using a graph.
74%
1992
Document
Text Search
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