Brett Miller|Peggy McCardle|Ricardo Hernández
Advances and Remaining Challenges in Adult Literacy Research
National Institutes of Health|National Institutes of Health|United States Department of Education
low literacy levels adult learners pose educational public health challenge practitioners scientific community increasing demands placed literacy limit opportunities workplace access healthrelated resources negatively affecting public health current estimates national center education statistics suggest 40 million adults united states possess basic concrete literacy skills despite estimated number learners possessing minimal literacy skills english united states remains paucity research focused adult learners inform remediation efforts special issue journal learning disabilities represents important step highlighting current scientific knowledge base implications future directions lines inquiry adult learners