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ERIC Number: EJ621886
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
The Collective That Didn't Quite Collect: Reflections on the IALS.
Gomez, Sofia Valdivielso
International Review of Education, v46 n5 p419-431 Sep 2000
The International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) has serious limitations. Interpretation of data often manifests an ethnocentric Western attitude, ranking handling of data-based information higher than experiential and contextualized information, and ignoring how people solve problems in their life context. Proposes an alternative model, called "investigation action." (Contains 15 references.) (PGS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Assessment, Functional Literacy, Knowledge Level, National Norms, National Surveys, Test Bias, Test Interpretation, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: International Adult Literacy Survey
Note: Special Issue: Literacy in the Age of Information--Knowledge, Power or Domination? An Assessment of the International Adult Literacy Survey.