[AAACE-NLA] NEW from National Commission on Adult Literacy & CAAL

[Gail Spangenberg]

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> NEWS RELEASE - June 18, 2007, NYC -- The National Commission on  
> Adult Literacy has released FORCES CHANGING OUR NATION'S FUTURE,  
> another of the presentations given at its second meeting on April  
> 17, 2007. This document, 44 pages long, was prepared by labor  
> economist Andrew Sum of Northeastern University, a member of the  
> National Commission. Dr. Sum is Professor and Director, Center for  
> Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University. The resource is  
> based on research findings from THE PERFECT STORM (Educational  
> Testing Service, March 2007) which Dr. Sum co-authored along with  
> Irwin Kirsch and other ETS researchers. It also draws on a number  
> of other studies. The publication includes an Author's Introduction  
> and Executive Summary and 30 graphs and tables. It examines the  
> comparative performance of U.S. adults and youth on international  
> literacy assessments, the importance of literacy/numeracy  
> proficiencies for labor market success, and the projected outlook  
> for literacy proficiencies of US. adults. The document is available  
> in PDF form from the website of the Council for Advancement of  
> Adult Literacy (www.caalusa.org, scroll down center column to  
> title). It may also be purchased directly from CAAL in bound form  
> ($25 plus postage, contact bheitner at caalusa.org for ordering  
> instructions).
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> The following publications from the Commission are also available  
> from the CAAL web site,  www.caalusa.org.
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> DARE TO DREAM: A Collection of Papers from a Resource Group of 102  
> Education and Literacy Professionals;
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> MOUNTING PRESSURES Facing the U.S. Workforce and the Increasing  
> Need for Adult Education and Literacy (prepared by executives of  
> the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems);
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> Four Lay-of-the-Land Papers on The Federal Role in Adult Literacy  
> (Lennox L. McLendon, Garrett Murphy, James Parker).
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Gail Spangenberg
President
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
1221 Avenue of the Americas - 46th Fl
New York, NY 10020
212-512-2362, F: 212-512-2610
www.caalusa.org



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