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Pub Number	Title	Date
NCES 2009071	Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey Restricted-Use Data File and User's Guide: 2003 This CD-ROM includes the 2003 Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL) household restricted-use data files, including items from the background questionnaire and cognitive assessment. Both files are in the electronic codebooks. Instructions for installing the data from the electronic codebook are included in the User's Guide.	5/3/2010
NCES 2006073	Findings from the Condition of Education 2006: U.S. Student and Adult Performance on International Assessments of Educational Achievement This report contains a special analysis that is republished from the Condition of Education 2006 in a booklet form. This analysis presents key findings of recent international assessments that examine the performance of U.S. students in reading, mathematics, science, and the literacy of adults compared with the performance of their peers in other countries.	6/1/2006
NCES 2006614	Education Statistics Quarterly-Vol. 7 Issues 1&2 The Quarterly offers a comprehensive overview of work done across all of NCES. Each issue includes short publications and summaries covering all NCES publications and data products released in a given time period as well as notices about training and funding opportunities. In addition, each issue includes a featured topic with invited commentary, and a note on the topic from NCES.	1/17/2006
NCES 2005117	Highlights From the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL) - (Revised) This Issue Brief provides key findings from the 2003 international Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL), including overall literacy and numeracy performance of U.S. adults ages 16-65 compared to their peers in 5 other countries. Breakdowns of performance by sex and race/ethnicity are also provided.	5/19/2005
NCES 200101	Cross-National Variation in Educational Preparation for Adulthood: From Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood This paper presents key indicators of educational and employment status for students making the transition from early adolescence to young adulthood.	4/17/2001
NCES 9733	Working Paper: Adult Literacy: An International Perspective This report presents the first two chapters of a forthcoming larger report on adult literacy in the United States. These first chapter provides a comparison of the literacy levels of adults in 12 nations -- Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, Australia, Flemish-speaking Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The second chapter takes this same comparative view of the relationship between literacy levels and, respectively, employment, occupational status and income, across all but one of these nations.	11/7/1997
NCES 98053	Adult Literacy in OECD Countries: Technical Report on the First International Adult Literacy Survey This report has three objectives. First, the report attempts to document how the survey was conducted in each country and what was known at the time of the release of Literacy, Economy and Society about the extent of bias in each countries data. Second, the report includes the results of additional analyses which were undertaken to shed empirical light on the French concerns. These analyses are presented in the Appendices of the report. Thus, this volume should provide readers to draw their own informed conclusions about the quality of the data and the value of the study. Finally, the document serves the dual purpose of sensitizing countries considering participation in future rounds of IALS data collection about the need to adhere to the stated design specifications, and of informing the introduction of enhanced quality assurance procedures into the survey methodology. These enhancements will be documented in future editions of this report.	10/21/1997

NCES 2009071

Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey Restricted-Use Data File and User's Guide: 2003
This CD-ROM includes the 2003 Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL) household restricted-use data files, including items from the background questionnaire and cognitive assessment. Both files are in the electronic codebooks. Instructions for installing the data from the electronic codebook are included in the User's Guide.

5/3/2010

NCES 2006073

Findings from the Condition of Education 2006: U.S. Student and Adult Performance on International Assessments of Educational Achievement
This report contains a special analysis that is republished from the Condition of Education 2006 in a booklet form. This analysis presents key findings of recent international assessments that examine the performance of U.S. students in reading, mathematics, science, and the literacy of adults compared with the performance of their peers in other countries.

6/1/2006

NCES 2006614

Education Statistics Quarterly-Vol. 7 Issues 1&2
The Quarterly offers a comprehensive overview of work done across all of NCES. Each issue includes short publications and summaries covering all NCES publications and data products released in a given time period as well as notices about training and funding opportunities. In addition, each issue includes a featured topic with invited commentary, and a note on the topic from NCES.

1/17/2006

NCES 2005117

Highlights From the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL) - (Revised)
This Issue Brief provides key findings from the 2003 international Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL), including overall literacy and numeracy performance of U.S. adults ages 16-65 compared to their peers in 5 other countries. Breakdowns of performance by sex and race/ethnicity are also provided.

5/19/2005

NCES 200101

Cross-National Variation in Educational Preparation for Adulthood: From Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood
This paper presents key indicators of educational and employment status for students making the transition from early adolescence to young adulthood.

4/17/2001

NCES 9733

Working Paper: Adult Literacy: An International Perspective
This report presents the first two chapters of a forthcoming larger report on adult literacy in the United States. These first chapter provides a comparison of the literacy levels of adults in 12 nations -- Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, Australia, Flemish-speaking Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The second chapter takes this same comparative view of the relationship between literacy levels and, respectively, employment, occupational status and income, across all but one of these nations.

11/7/1997

NCES 98053

Adult Literacy in OECD Countries: Technical Report on the First International Adult Literacy Survey
This report has three objectives. First, the report attempts to document how the survey was conducted in each country and what was known at the time of the release of Literacy, Economy and Society about the extent of bias in each countries data. Second, the report includes the results of additional analyses which were undertaken to shed empirical light on the French concerns. These analyses are presented in the Appendices of the report. Thus, this volume should provide readers to draw their own informed conclusions about the quality of the data and the value of the study. Finally, the document serves the dual purpose of sensitizing countries considering participation in future rounds of IALS data collection about the need to adhere to the stated design specifications, and of informing the introduction of enhanced quality assurance procedures into the survey methodology. These enhancements will be documented in future editions of this report.

10/21/1997

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