Adult Illiteracy in the United States: A Report to the Ford Foundation
- ISBN-10
- 0070313695
- ISBN-13
- 9780070313699
- Category
- Literacy
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- New York : McGraw-Hill
- Authors
- Ford Foundation, Carman St. John Hunter, David Harman
Description
cieties vary greatly with respect to both of these expectations ( Resnick and Resnick , 1977 ) . When the simplest , most rudimentary definitions of literacy are applied to industrialized countries , a high level of literacy can be ...
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