[AAACE-NLA] NIFL Hosts Live Webcast on NAAL findings for Below Basic and Basic Adults

[Derek Albert]

Will there be opportunities to view the webcast at another time?  I have been using that report extensively as a reference, and would like to be able to view it, but I'm not able to that day and time.  Can there be a rebroadcast?



Derek Albert
WITCC Adult Literacy Coordinator
712-274-8733 or 1-800-352-4649 
ext. 1803

>>> Mylinh.Nguyen at ed.gov 8/8/2006 3:37 PM >>>
Join the National Institute for Literacy for a LIVE webcast on:
Adults with Basic and Below Basic Literacy Levels: Findings from NAAL and Implications for Practice.
Featuring Dr. Sheida White, Dr. John Strucker, & Brian Bosworth, and moderated by Lori Aratani

WHEN: August 15, 2006 
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. EST 

We encourage you to register in advance. To register for this webcast go to: <http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=26758&s=1&k=EC4046F499FFDA3117E9FDB1758666EB>
For more information about this webcast, go to: <http://www.nifl.gov/>
 

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The National Institute for Literacy is hosting a live webcast on Tuesday, August 15 at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the results of the National Assessement of Adult Literacy (NAAL) 2003, specifically relating to Americans who tested in the Below Basic and Basic literacy levels. The webcast will feature Dr. Sheida White, of the National Center for Education Statistics, who served as project officer for the NAAL, who will present the findings of the NAAL for Below Basic and Basic levels. In addition, there will be a panel of subject-matter experts who will discuss what implications the NAAL findings for Below Basic and Basic adults will have on programs. The panelists include John Strucker, of the National Center for Adult Literacy and Learning, will discuss basic skills; and Brian Bosworth, of the consulting firm FutureWorks, will discuss implications for workforce programs.
 
The live webcast will feature: 

*	Dr. Sheida White directs the National Assessment of Adult Literacy at the National Center for Education Statistics (or NCES). After working as a full-time reading researcher for 6 years, she joined NCES in 1991.  During the first 8 years at NCES, she monitored the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP).  Since 1999, she has been directing the NAAL project. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Language in Society and Reading Research Quarterly.
*	Dr. John Strucker is a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education whose research for NCSALL has focused on adult reading development. He previously taught and assessed adults with reading difficulties at the Community Learning Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
*	Brian Bosworth is the founder and President of FutureWorks, a private consulting and public policy research firm in Belmont, Massachusetts, that builds regional institutions and strategies for economic growth, workforce education, and civic improvement.  

The webcast will be moderated by Lori Aratani, Education Staff Writer at the Washington Post.  


My Linh Nguyen
Associate Director of Communications
National Institute for Literacy
(202) 233-2041
fax (202) 233-2050
mnguyen at nifl.gov