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Literacy Facts and Statistics

FACTS PAGES

QUEBEC

Adult Literacy

Understanding Level 1 Literacy in Québec Éducation, Loisir et Sport Québec
www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/stat/recherche/doc07/DepStatAlpha_eng.pdf

CANADA

Acquiring Literacy Skills: A Comparison of Provincial and International Results from PISA and IALSS: Final Report - Canadian Education Statistics Council 
www.cmec.ca/stats/cesc/literacy-skills-comparison-2008.en.pdf 

Literacy in Canada
National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/hip/lld/nls/Resources/10_fact.shtml

Literacy Facts and Links
ABC Canada
www.abc-canada.org/en/adult_literacy/factsrg/

Literacy Information
Movement for Canadian Literacy
www.literacy.ca/?q=literacy/literacyinformation

UNITED STATES

Facts & Statistics
National Institute for Literacy
www.nifl.gov/lincs/facts_statistics/facts_statistics.html

National Assessments of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov/naal/

Reading First Impact Study : Interim Report
Institute for Education Sciences (IES)
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pdf/20084016.pdf

UNITED KINGDOM

Literacy and Numeracy > Trends in Education and Skills
Department for Education and Skills
www.dfes.gov.uk/trends/index.cfm?fuseaction=
home.showIndicator&cid=5&iid=39

Read Write Plus – Skills for Life
Department for Education and Skills
www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus_skillsforlifesurvey/

INTERNATIONAL

Literacy Statistics > United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-
URL_ID=10938&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

INTERNATIONAL SURVEYS

International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) - 1994

International Adult Literacy Survey Database
Statistics Canada & National Center for Educational Statistics (US)
www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/89-588-XIE/ials-eiaa.htm

International Adult Literacy Survey [Series]
Statistics Canada
www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/downpub/listpub.cgi?catno=89-552-MIE
(13 full-text documents)

Reading the Future: A Portrait of Literacy in Canada
Statistics Canada & Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/89F0093XIE/89F0093XIE1996001.htm

Adult Literacy & Life Skills Survey (ALLS) – 2003

Learning a Living: First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
Statistics Canada & Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=89-603-XWE

Highlights From the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL)
National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/all/

International Survey of Reading Skills - 2005 (followup from 2003 ALLS)

Learning Literacy in Canada: Evidence from the International Survey of Reading Skills
http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=89-552-MWE2008019

IALS & ALLS Partner Organizations:

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (INT’L)
www.oecd.org

National Center for Education Statistics (US)
nces.ed.gov/

Statistics Canada (CAN)
www.statcan.gc.ca

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

PISA Canada
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
www.pisa.gc.ca/what_pisa.shtml