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Join us for a LIVE webcast of a new release from the National Center for
Education Statistics - "A First Look at the Literacy of America's Adults
in the 21st Century."

WHEN: December 15, 2005
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. EST

For more information about this webcast, go to: <http://www.nifl.gov/> or
<http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/20051215/webcast12-15.html>
(Please access the site 30 minutes prior to the event to follow the webcast
guidelines.) 

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The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) invites you to view the
live webcast of the release of the first national findings on adult literacy
since 1992. 
Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) will be
released on December 15 at 9:30 a.m. EST. At that time, NCES will release
two
initial reports on NAAL. "A First Look at the Literacy of America's Adults
in the
21st Century" presents key results - including changes in adult literacy
since 1992
and performance by gender, race/ethnicity, age, language spoken before
starting
school, educational attainment, and employment status. A companion report,
"Key
Concepts and Features of the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy,"
describes the assessment's key features and major data types.

These reports will be available online at <http://nces.ed.gov/naal>
beginning at
9:30 a.m. EST.

An online, live chat moderated by NCES Associate Commissioner, Peggy Carr,
will be available to all at 1:00 p.m. EST, December 15, at the NCES website
at <http://nces.ed.gov/naal>.


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 <mailto:jsoroui at air.org>





Mariann Fedele
Coordinator of Professional Development, 
Literacy Assistance Center
Moderator,
NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List
32 Broadway 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004
212-803-3325
mariannf at lacnyc.org
www.lacnyc.org