Understanding Adult Functional Literacy: Connecting Text Features, Task Demands, and Respondent Skills Book

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