[Technology 1204] Aug. 29 Webcast: Health Literacy of America's AdultsMaralit, Mary Jo MMaralit at NIFL.govMon Aug 13 09:45:25 EDT 2007
SAVE THE DATE for a LIVE webcast! Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy WHEN: August 29, 2007 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Central Time 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Mountain Time 10:30 AM - 12:00 AM Pacific Time ** Registration information will be shared in a future posting, but for now, SAVE THE DATE for a LIVE webcast on Wednesday, August 29! ** For more information about this webcast or The National Institute for Literacy, go to: http://www.nifl.gov. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The August 29 webcast will focus on the Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) 2003. The live webcast will feature: * Dr. Sheida White directs the National Assessment of Adult Literacy at the National Center for Education Statistics (or NCES). Her doctoral degree is in linguistics from Georgetown University. After working as a full-time reading researcher for 6 years, she joined NCES in 1991. During the first 8 years at NCES, she monitored the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP). Since 1999, she has been directing the NAAL project. Dr. White has taught non-native English speaking adults. She created a guided reading program to address the reading comprehension needs of slow readers. Her articles have appeared in journals such as "Language in Society" and "Reading Research Quarterly". * Other panelists: TBA. The webcast will be moderated by Dr. Sandra L. Baxter, Director of the National Institute for Literacy. -------------------------- The National Institute for Literacy has hosted a number of web casts presenting information, findings and results from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), for more information on these webcast, please go to: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/NAAL2003.html. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/technology/attachments/20070813/9caaca47/attachment.html
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