The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) publishes documents on a variety of literacy-related topics.

National Assessment of Adult Literacy 2002
The NAAL 2002 will assess the current status of the English-language literacy skills of adults in the United States, as well as indicate how literacy proficiencies have changed over time. Reports, sources and information about the NAAL '92 are all available here. The National Assessments of Adult Literacy (NAAL) are the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of English language literacy skills of American adults. They seek to: describe the status of adult literacy in the United States; report on national trends; and identify relationships between literacy and selected characteristics of adults.

The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)
The goal is to help adult basic education define a comprehensive research agenda, to pursue basic and applied research, to build partnerships between researchers and practitioners, and to disseminate research and best practices to practitioners, scholars, and policy makers.

The National Center for Education Statistics
NCES studies cover the entire educational spectrum, providing the facts and figures needed to help policymakers understand the condition of education in the nation today, to give researchers a foundation of data to build upon, and to help teachers and administrators decide on best practices for their schools.

National Adult Literacy Database (NALD)

Literacy Online (NCAL)
The University of Pennsylvania hosts two literacy organizations: the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) and the International Literacy Institute (ILI). This site provides full-text research reports, including Adult Literacy, Technology, and Public Policy: An Analysis of the Southeastern United States and Instructional Technology Utilization Survey of Midwestern Adult Literacy Programs.

Literacy and Education
This page has links to papers on literacy and education, and several related gopher archives.

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Funded by the US Dept. of Ed's Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the ERIC system consists of 26 clearinghouses of abstracts and reports re: education-related knowledge. From the ERIC site, search the ERIC database, print off ERIC Digests, and connect to the two clearinghouses re: the adult literacy field: the Clearinghouse on Adult, Career and Vocational Education (ACVE) and the National Clearinghouse on ESL Literacy Education (NCLE).

Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS)
Designed to aid in locating Internet resources of interest to the Literacy and Adult Education community.

"Rising to the Literacy Challenge, Building Adult Education Systems in New England,"
by Marty Liebowitz, Amy Robins, and Jerry Rubin, Jobs for the Future.
Sponsored by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation
April 2002