Please note the following announcement:
 
Using the National Assessment of Adult Literacy Data file and  Tools For 
Research, Secondary Analyses and Policy Development (NAAL Data Set  Training)

Description:

The National Center for Education  Statistics (NCES), in the U.S. Department 
of Education's Institute of Education  Sciences (IES), will sponsor a 3-day 
advanced studies seminar on the use of the  National Assessment of Adult 
Literacy (NAAL) data files and tools for research  and policy analyses. The 2003 NAAL 
measured the English literacy of America's  adults living in households and 
prisons. Results are reported in terms of scale  score averages on three 
literacy scales: prose, document, and quantitative, as  well as literacy levels that 
are described as Below Basic,  Basic,
Intermediate, and Proficient.

Type: Workshop/Training &  Technical Assistance

Audience:
This seminar is open to institutional  researchers and planners, education 
practitioners, policymakers, and association  members, as well as faculty and 
advanced graduate students from colleges and  universities nationwide.

Location:
Academy for Educational Development  (AED)
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009-5721
(202)  884-8583

Dates: August 6-8, 2007

Organization: National Center for  Education Statistics

More Information: NAAL Data Set Training Seminar  Announcement
<http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/PDF/NAAL_Training__Announcement.pdf
 
 
 
 
Rochelle Kenyon
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Center for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee
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