NEWS RELEASE - June 18, 2007, NYC -- The National Commission on Adult  
Literacy is today releasing FORCES CHANGING OUR NATION'S FUTURE,  
another of the presentations given at its second meeting on April 17,  
2007. This document, 44 pages long, was prepared by labor economist  
Andrew Sum of Northeastern University, a member of the National  
Commission. Dr. Sum is Professor and Director, Center for Labor  
Market Studies at Northeastern University. The resource is based on  
research findings from THE PERFECT STORM (Educational Testing  
Service, March 2007) which Dr. Sum co-authored along with Irwin  
Kirsch and other ETS researchers. It also draws on a number of other  
studies. The publication includes an Author's Introduction and  
Executive Summary and 30 graphs and tables. It examines the  
comparative performance of U.S. adults and youth on international  
literacy assessments, the importance of literacy/numeracy  
proficiencies for labor market success, and the projected outlook for  
literacy proficiencies of US. adults. The document is available in  
PDF form from the website of the Council for Advancement of Adult  
Literacy (CAAL manages the Commission project). It may also be  
purchased directly from CAAL in bound form ($25 plus postage, contact  
bheitner at caalusa.org for ordering instructions).






The following publications from the Commission are also available  
from the CAAL web site,  www.caalusa.org.



DARE TO DREAM: A Collection of Papers from a Resource Group of 102  
Education and Literacy Professionals;

MOUNTING PRESSURES Facing the U.S. Workforce and the Increasing Need  
for Adult Education and Literacy (prepared by executives of the  
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems);

Four Lay-of-the-Land Papers on The Federal Role in Adult Literacy  
(Lennox L. McLendon, Garrett Murphy, James Parker).
















Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
1221 Avenue of the Americas - 46th Fl
New York, NY 10020
212-512-2363, F: 212-512-2610
www.caalusa.org



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