Estimating Literacy in the Multilingual United States [electronic resource] : Issues and Concerns / Terrence G. Wiley.

This digest reports on findings from recent literacy surveys and interprets these findings in light of theoretical and definitional issues involved in estimating literacy; examines approaches commonly use to measure literacy and enumerates concerns about the limitations of these approaches in lingui...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Wiley, Terrence G.
Corporate Author: National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994.
Series:ERIC digest.
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