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Abstract #302175

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Activity Number: 279
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #302175
Title: Challenges in the Design and Implementation of the Adult Education Literacy Study
Author(s): Thomas R. Krenzke*+ and Leyla Mohadjer
Companies: Westat and Westat
Address: , Rockville, MD, 20850,
Keywords: sample design ; sampling frame ; adult education ; literacy assessment
Abstract:

The Adult Education Literacy (AEL) study, sponsored by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is the first nationally representative sample that included a literacy assessment administered to adults enrolled in adult education programs. The AEL sample design and selection procedures required careful attention to a number of constraints present in such a survey. The study was designed to satisfy the strict requirements for achieving the target sample sizes for English and Spanish assessments, as well the counts of adults in the ethnic groups. The survey required creating a number of sampling frames needed at various stages of sampling. In addition, the design had to take into consideration such issues as: the absence of sampling frame sources; lack of ethnicity data at the program level; small enrollments in some adult education locations; maintaining a probability-based assessment booklet distribution; administering within-class sampling without professional interviewers; varying classification definitions of English as a Second Language, Adult Basic Education, and Adult Secondary Education courses; and more.

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