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International Adult Literacy Study
Pages 42-47

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... In addition, this study has objectives specific to Canada: o provide an updated profile of adult literacy abilities for Canada for comparison to that provided by the Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities o provide sufficiently large numbers of visible minorities, seniors, recent graduates, ant! out of school youth to profile their skill levels o shed light on the relationship between performance, educational attainment, labor market participation and employment for those individuals found to be at Level 3.
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... is in its relating to the importance placed on end results of Me educational process and to U.S. national education goals, particularly the fifth goal on work force skills and adult literacy concerns (which in international comparison is work force competence)
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... Decisions made at the April 1994 meeting were: o Based on an analysis of pilot assessment data by ETS and Stan [ones, Canada's technical consultant on the study, participating countries have agreed to a final item selection and test design that will afford the psychometric equivalence needed to support international comparisons. International Comparative Studies - 44 Winter 1994-95
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... Canadian reports will include a first report to present a comparison of the TALS data to LSUDA data; a second report that will focus on rare population subgroups for which LSUDA failed to provide sufficient sample; a third report that will reflect on the policy implications of the comparisons to other participating countries. Name International Adult Literacy Survey QALS)
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... Scott Murray, Assistant Director Household Surveys, Statistics Canada Ottawa, Canada K ~ A OT6 telephone: 613/ 951-9476 facsimile: 613/ 951-0562 Internet: scotmur~statcan.ca Statistics Canada, lthe Special Surveys Group 1992 An International Assessment of Adult Literacy: A Proposal. Draft.
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... International Comparative Studies - 47 Winter 1994-95
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  • labor force
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  • daily activities
  • joint statistics
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  • skill levels
  • simulation tasks

  • household surveys
  • comparative report
  • conducting international
  • literacy concerns
  • document literacy

  • workplace skills
  • nine country
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