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Hovey, Sheryl – 1982
Statistics indicating that the problem of illiteracy is lessening mask a greater problem--that of functional illiteracy. Functional illiterates may have some reading and writing skills but are not able to apply them as functioning members of society. A 1975 study using the most sophisticated instrument that had ever been used to determine…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Educationally Disadvantaged, Functional Literacy