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RIBEIRO, Vera Masagão  e  SOARES, Tufi Machado. Construção de escala combinada para a medição do alfabetismo em contexto não escolar. Est. Aval. Educ. [online]. 2008, vol.19, n.41, pp.449-464. ISSN 0103-6831.

This paper describes the development of a scale to measure the proficiency of literacy among the young and adult Brazilian populations, combining reading skills with mathematical skills. The scale was developed based on data collected by Inaf - National Indicator of Functional Literacy, which from 2001 to 2007 held six studies testing literacy proficiency in the Brazilian population between 15 to 64 years of age, through home interviews. First, some references to international similar studies are presented with an emphasis on the methodology adopted for the areas covered by the definition of literacy. Next, a brief history of methodological advances made by Inaf since its launch and the groundwork that led to the proposition of a combined scale are discussed. Finally, we show the psychometric and conceptual analysis which motivated the proposition of the combined scale, the literacy levels defined based on this scale and some results obtained from 2001 to 2007 with a national sample of youngsters and adults.

Palavras-chave : Literacy; Reading; Mathematics; Evaluation Scale; Adult Education.

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