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ADULT LITERACY in America A First L
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U.S. Department of Education Richar
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iv ......Contents Section II: The C
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vi ......Contents Figures and Table
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viii ......Contents Table 3.1: Perc
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Our thanks go to all those who carr
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xii ......Preface the last decade
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xiv ......Preface During the first
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adults received proficiency scores
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• The literacy proficiencies of y
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• Adults in the lowest level on e
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Historians remind us that during th
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xxii ......Executive Summary
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2 ......Introduction The plan for d
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About This Report This report is wr
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14 ......Introduction
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16 ......Section I are more challen
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NALS Percentages of Adults with Sel
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NALS Percentages of Adults Who Repo
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22 ......Section I Twelve percent o
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NALS Average Literacy Proficiencies
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Percentage in Level Percentage in L
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Results by Parents’ Level of Educ
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Results by Age 30 ......Section I T
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NALS Average Years of Schooling, by
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34 ......Section I When one compare
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NALS PROSE Average Proficiency Aver
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Age and Racial/Ethnic Differences 3
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Country of Birth and Racial/Ethnic
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Percentage in Level Percentage in L
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Results by Region Results by Sex 46
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NALS Percentages of Adults Born in
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Summary 50 ......Section I overrepr
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52 ......Section I A strong relatio
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NALS Percentages of Adults Who Vote
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Aspects of Newspaper Reading 56 ...
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NALS Among Adults Who Read the News
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60 ......Section II Individuals in
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NALS Level 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 3 1
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NALS Average Literacy Proficiencies
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NALS Median Weekly Wages, by Litera
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Summary 68 ......Section II The gre
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70 ......Section III the content an
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NALS 72 ......Section III The respo
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74 ......Section III and the use of
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76 ......Section III Prose Level 2
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78 ......Section III Prose Level 3
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80 ......Section III Prose Level 4
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82 ......Section III Two other task
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Document Literacy 84 ......Section
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86 ...... Section III Here is a Soc
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