1st Edition
Understanding Adult Functional Literacy Connecting Text Features, Task Demands, and Respondent Skills
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Cognitive and Linguistic Demands of Literacy Tasks
3. Skill Sets Used to Meet Literacy Task Demands
4. Text Features That Influence Task Ease or Difficulty
5. The Text–Task–Respondent Theory of Functional Literacy
6. Progress, Limitations, Considerations, and Practical Implications
Appendices
Appendix A. Document Types and Definitions
Appendix B. Comparison of NAAL and NALS Task Demands
Appendix C. Fluency Addition to NAAL
Appendix D. NAAL Adult Literacy Supplemental Assessment
Appendix E. NAAL Functional Writing Assessment
Appendix F. Vocabulary Framework for NAAL
Appendix G. Research Supporting Text Features Specified in the Text–Task–Respondent Theory of Functional Literacy
Appendix H. Inter-rater Reliability Study: NAAL and NALS
Appendix I. Technical Description of the Theory-Consistent Item Response
Model
Appendix J. Taxonomy of Factors Affecting Task Difficulty by Skill Dimensions: NAAL and NALS
Appendix K. Full Parameter Estimates from the Theory-Consistent Item Response Model: NAAL and NALS
Appendix L. Glossary of Acronyms
Appendix M. Glossary of Technical Terms
Endnotes
References
Index
Biography
Sheida White is Director of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) and Technical Director of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Writing Assessment.
