[AAACE-NLA] FW: Announcement: NAAL Data Set Training

[David Collings]

Colleagues,

The following announcement is brought to you on behalf of Jaleh Behroozi
Soroui (jsoroui at air.org).

David


David Collings
AAACE-NLA Moderator
david at collings.com

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Using the National Assessment of Adult Literacy Data file and Tools For
Research, Secondary Analyses and Policy Development (NAAL Data Set
Training)

Description: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in the U.S
Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), will
sponsor a 3-day advanced studies seminar on the use of the National
Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) data files and tools for research and
policy analyses. The 2003 NAAL measured the English literacy of America's
adults living in households and prisons. Results are reported in terms of
scale score averages on three literacy scales: prose, document, and
quantitative, as well as literacy levels that are described as Below Basic,
Basic, Intermediate, and Proficient. 
Type: Workshop/Training & Technical Assistance
Audience: This seminar is open to institutional researchers and planners,
education practitioners, policymakers, and association members, as well as
faculty and advanced graduate students from colleges and universities
nationwide. 

Location: Academy for Educational Development (AED)
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009-5721
(202) 884-8583
 
Dates: August 6-8, 2007
 
Organization: National Center for Education Statistics More Information:
Register for NAAL Data Set Training click on:
http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/Register.aspx?id=230

NAAL Data Set Training Seminar Announcement:
http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/PDF/NAAL_Training__Announcement.pdf

For more information about The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL):

http://nces.ed.gov/NAAL/

Contact Sikali, Emmanuel from NCES at:
http://ies.ed.gov/staff/StaffDetl.asp?empid=479&orgid=26
 
Sponsors: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Jaleh Behroozi Soroui
Education Statistics Services Institute (ESSI) 
American Institutes for Research 
1990 K Street, NW Suite 500 
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202/403-6958
email: jsoroui at air.org