Reply #76: Not quite. [View All]

Respondents
were asked to complete an
assessment booklet that
included seven literacy screening
tasks (with questions asked
in either English or Spanish
but based upon written materials
presented in English only)
common to all booklets, followed
by three blocks of tasks.

Adults who were unable to
answer a minimum number of
literacy screening tasks, but
who were able to communicate
in either English or
Spanish, were administered an
alternative assessment with
questions asked orally in either
English or Spanish based upon
printed materials presented in
English only.Adults who were
not screened into the alternative
assessment and completed
the main assessment attempted
approximately 40 literacy tasks
(administered in English only).


To compare results between
1992 and 2003, the 1992
results were rescaled using the
criteria and methods established
for the 2003 assessment.
The assessment also included a
background questionnaire that
was used to collect data about
the relationship between literacy
and various demographic
and background characteristics.
The background questionnaire
was administered before
the assessment and the questions
were asked orally in
either English or Spanish.