TY - BOOK AU - Satherley,Paul AU - Lawes,Elliot AU - Sok,Saila ED - New Zealand. TI - The adult literacy and life skills (ALL) survey: overview and international comparisons SN - 0478137907 U1 - 302.22440993 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Wellington, N.Z. PB - Comparative Education Research Unit, Research Division, Ministry of Education KW - Functional literacy KW - New Zealand KW - Evaluation KW - Numeracy KW - Life skills N1 - Cover title; Includes bibliographical references (page 34); Overview -- Key findings -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Results --Literacy, numeracy and problem-solving in New Zealand -- Prose literacy in New Zealand -- Document literacy in New Zealand Numeracy in New Zealand Problem-solving in New Zealand -- 3. Results - International comparisons -- Prose literacy - international comparisons -- Document literacy - international comparisons -- Numeracy - international comparisons -- Problem-solving - international comparisons -- 4. Participation in up-skilling - international comparisons -- Document literacy and participation in up-skilling -- Formal and non-formal up-skilling in New Zealand -- Self-directed up-skilling and no up-skilling in New Zealand -- Formal and non-formal up-skilling in Canada and the USA -- Self-directed up-skilling and no up-skilling in Canada and the USA -- 5. Immigration - International comparisons -- Immigration - international comparisons -- Immigration and prose literacy - international comparisons -- Immigration and numeracy - international comparisons ER -