Adult Literacy Research Center

Our mission is to link theory and practice through inter-disciplinary research, professional development and community partnerships to understand the challenges and opportunities for adults with low literacy skills.

Recent News

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Georgia State Faculty Create Adult Literacy Post-Doctoral Fellowship Training Program

Published July 22, 2020 in Georgia State News Hub

Distinguished University Professor Daphne Greenberg and other Georgia State faculty have created the first post-doctoral fellowship training program in the country specifically designed to support new Ph.D. graduates interested in studying adult literacy.read more ❯

ADULT LITERACY

With one in six adults reading at elementary levels, many adults have difficulty with daily tasks that involve reading, numeracy and problem solving¹.

Adult literacy difficulties are pervasive and require a multi-pronged approach to addressing low adult literacy skills in our country. Our research focus is broad and includes both programmatic interventions and more general areas of adult literacy.

Our website offers resources and information about our research in this area.

The U.S. PIAAC Skills Map is a new interactive mapping tool that allows users to access estimates of adult literacy and numeracy proficiency in all U.S. states and counties. These estimates are based on data collected in the three rounds of U.S. PIAAC data collection (in 2012, 2014 and 2017) as well as data from the American Community Survey (2013-2017). Please view this page to find important state and county literacy level estimate.

Follow the college’s Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts to see this campaign in action and be sure to like and share our posts National Health Literacy Month (October), Family Literacy Month (November) and National Human Rights Month (December).

Nursing Students ‘Teach Back’ to Promote Health Literacy

Staffed by medical professionals who volunteer their time, and organized by members of Snellville’s Grace Fellowship Church, Grace Village Medical Clinic is now one of the newest clinical sites for nursing students from Georgia State University’s Perimeter College. Read more about this project »

ALRC Research Support Grants Program

In FY2019, the ALRC awarded three grants to student affiliates. Read more about their projects »

OUR PROGRAMS

Our interdisciplinary research, professional development and community partnerships all center around six areas of focus. Click on the links below to see what our faculty affiliates are working on.

Basic Reading and Writing
Center for the Study of Adult Literacy: for more information contact Daphne Greenberg
Struggling College Students
Health and Financial Literacy
Adult Literacy in Georgia
Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)

Answers to Coronavirus Questions

Download our easy-to-read flipbook with answers
to many common questions about Coronavirus.

High Interest/low literacy coronavirus materials

Visit our Adult Literacy Coronavirus Resource Links page.

Contact Us

For more information, contact Iris Feinberg, associate director, at ifeinberg2@gsu.edu

1 National Center for Education Statistics (2013). Literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments among U.S. adults: Results from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies 2012 (U.S. Department of Education, NCES 2014-008). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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