Just a reminder——Don't forget to tune in to the NAAL Webcast tomorrow  
morning.
The results of the adult literacy assessment are of particular  
interest to those
of us in the field of family literacy.

See the message below for details.



Join us for a LIVE webcast of a new release from the National Center for
Education Statistics - "A First Look at the Literacy of America's Adults
in the 21st Century."

WHEN: December 15, 2005
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. EST

For more information about this webcast, go to: <http://www.nifl.gov/ 
 > or
<http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/20051215/webcast12-15.html>
(Please access the site 30 minutes prior to the event to follow the  
webcast
guidelines.)

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The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education  
Statistics
(NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) invites you to  
view the
live webcast of the release of the first national findings on adult  
literacy
since 1992.
Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)  
will be
released on December 15 at 9:30 a.m. EST. At that time, NCES will  
release
two
initial reports on NAAL. "A First Look at the Literacy of America's  
Adults
in the
21st Century" presents key results - including changes in adult literacy
since 1992
and performance by gender, race/ethnicity, age, language spoken before
starting
school, educational attainment, and employment status. A companion  
report,
"Key
Concepts and Features of the 2003 National Assessment of Adult  
Literacy,"
describes the assessment's key features and major data types.

These reports will be available online at <http://nces.ed.gov/naal>
beginning at
9:30 a.m. EST.

An online, live chat moderated by NCES Associate Commissioner, Peggy  
Carr,
will be available to all at 1:00 p.m. EST, December 15, at the NCES  
website
at <http://nces.ed.gov/naal>.


Jaleh Behroozi Soroui
Education Statistics Services Institute (ESSI)
American Institutes for Research
1990 K Street, NW Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202/403-6958
email: jsoroui at air.org <mailto:jsoroui at air.org>




Gail J. Price
Multimedia Specialist
National Center for Family Literacy
325 West Main Street, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40205

Phone: 502 584-1133, ext. 112
Fax: 502 584-0172