NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study/publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement No. R215U990016 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Education. Additional funding was provided by an award from the Presidents’ Committee of The National Academies. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Measuring literacy : performance levels for adults / Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy ; Robert M. Hauser … [et al.], editors.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-309-09652-9 (pbk.)—ISBN 0-309-55015-7 (pdf) 1. Functional literacy—United States—Evaluation. I. Hauser, Robert Mason. II. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy.

LC149.7.M4 2005

302.2′244—dc22

2005021251

Suggested citation: National Research Council. (2005). Measuring literacy: Performance levels for adults. Committee on Performance Levels for Adult Literacy, R.M. Hauser, C.F. Edley, Jr., J.A Koenig, and S.W. Elliott, editors. Board on Testing and Assessment, Center for Education. Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.