Report
Working paper
1992 National Adult Literacy Survey
NCES
Author(s):
Compendium
Study/Program:
Publication date:
May 1999
Publication number:
NCES 199909
Summary
General overview of the survey including: definitions of literacy, sample design and weighting, the survey instrument, scaling and proficiency estimates, and establishing literacy levels. NOTE, this working paper has been rereleased as a chapter in Technical Report and Data File Users Manual for the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NCES 2001457).
Online Availability
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- Download, view and print the Development of the Survey Instruments as a pdf file.
- Download, view and print the Scaling and Proficiency Estimates as a pdf file.
- Download, view and print the Interpreting the Adult Literacy Scales and Literacy Levels as a pdf file.
- Download, view and print the Interpreting the Literacy Levels and the Response Probability Convention as a pdf file.