Facts and Statistics

TCALL Resources

Data on Adult Learners in Texas - Tables of program data going back to 1999-2000 on Regular Adult Education, Institutionalized and TANF programs and back to 2001-2002 for EL Civics.

Our Research, Reports, & Statistics Resource Listing (On TCALL Library Search page use Broad Search Categories box to find library resources in this subject area, equivalent to the hard-copy bibliography.)

National Institute for Literacy's LINCS Resources

National LINCS Facts and Statistics Page

For more information from a searchable nationwide adult education & literacy database, go to LINCSearch

Other Web Sites of Interest

*These links are arranged by importance and how recent they are, not alphabetically.*

Literacy in Everyday Life: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy - This April 2007 NCES report provides extensive information on the literacy of American adults age 16 and older and changes in their performance since 1992. Furthermore, it examines the relationship between literacy and several demographic variables including education, occupation, and income.

A First Look at the Literacy of America’s Adults in the 21st Century This report presents long-awaited key results of the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL).

August 2006 NAAL Webcast Archived Online - The National Institute for Literacy has made available an archived version of its August 15, 2006 webcast, "Adults with Basic and Below Basic Literacy Levels: Findings from NAAL and Implications for Practice". Transcript and slides are also available for download.

2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy - The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is a nationally representative assessment of literacy among adults (age 16 and older) residing in households and prisons in the United States. Data collection was completed in 2004, and the process of releasing data was begun in December 2005. For reports and updates on plans to release more data, see the NAAL website.

2003 International Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey - ALL reports on the literacy and numeracy skills of adults ages 16-65 in six countries. ALL is designed to answer questions about the extent to which adults can use information from written materials to understand text and tables and apply mathematics to solving problems likely encountered in real life.

U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts Page - You can access data from the 2000 Census on educational attainment (which is not the same as literacy level) by Texas county on the U.S. Census website's Quick Facts Page.

USA CountiesTM - features more than 5,900 data items for the United States, the 50 states (plus the District of Columbia), and all of the nation's 3,141 counties or county equivalents. Data are available on county residents' ages, ancestries, education, employment, and income, as well as poverty, the labor force, available social programs, and more. The Census Bureau manages this source for data on U.S. counties.

Language Use and English Speaking Ability: 2000 - Part of a series that presents population and housing data collected by the Census Bureau in 2000, this October 2003 report presents data on language spoken at home and the ability to speak English of people age five and over. It describes population distributions and characteristics for the United States, regions, states, counties, and selected metropolitan areas, including the following Texas cities: Brownsville, El Paso, Laredo, and McAllen. [This is a PDF file.]

The Modern Language Association Language Map - This interactive map of languages in the United States uses data from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States. The Language Map illustrates the concentration of language speakers in zip codes and counties. 

The New Neighbors: A User's Guide to Data on Immigrants in U.S. Communities by Randolph Capps, Jeffrey Passel, Dan Perez-Lopez, and Michael Fix. This resource from the Urban Institute can help local policymakers, program administrators, and advocates use U.S. Census and other data to identify the characteristics, contributions, and needs of immigrants in their communities.

Rural America at a Glance (2003). Six-page brochure highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. Download the brochure from website of the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture by clicking the link above.

SchoolMatters. Web-based national education data service provides in-depth information and analysis about public schools, districts and state education systems. This data service could provide useful information for grant proposal writers. Once you follow the links to the Texas page, particularly note the Advanced Search under Search & Comparison Tools, which allows you to find data by county or city.

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