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Literacy Survey
FILTER BOOKLET
Instructions: The next part of the survey is an exercise booklet for you to complete. It contains 21 questions. The exercises require you to read and answer questions about different topics that involve real life situations.
What do you have to do?
• Use the information provided about each topic to answer the question or questions in the exercise booklet.
• There might be some questions for which you have the choice of using a calculator to find the answer. If so, you will be provided with a calculator to use if you wish.
• If a question requires a numerical answer, you should estimate or round your answer using the same level of accuracy as you would in real life. You may do calculations in the open space anywhere on the page.
• Please provide your answer in the exercise booklet on the lines that are provided or according to the instructions that are given for each question. You may be asked to:
– write your answer in the space provided,
– circle information, or
– underline information.
• You should complete the questions in the order they appear. If you can’t answer a particular question, just move on to the next one.
You may find some questions easy and some more difficult. It’s all right if you can’t do all of them, but it’s important that you try each one.
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Question 1. Here is an advertisement for employment.
1. Circle the number of additional employees the company wants to hire.
COMPANY
seeks 20 additional employees for new independent activity. Part-time available. Tel. (758) 453-5553
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Nationwide Manufacturing Company Union Council
ELECTION RESULTS
Posting Date: June 22, 2008
The election of a new member of the Union Council for election group 3, at the Carver plant took place on June 21, 2008.
The results of the election were as follows:
Candidates Number of votes
A. Greer / 120 / votesH.A. Holliday / 80 / votes
G.F. Reynolds / 29 / votes
Consequently Mr. A. Greer was formally elected as member of the
Union Council for Nationwide Manufacturing Company.
In accordance with article 16, paragraph 1 of the Union Council bylaws, any interested party may lodge a complaint with the council within one week after publication of these results.
For the Election Committee: K. Moore,
Information Bulletin No. 40
Removal date: July 6, 2008
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Questions 2 - 3. On the opposite page is an announcement of union election results. Use it to answer the questions below.
2. Which candidate received the fewest votes?
3. What was the total number of votes cast in the election?
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EXPERIENCING TURTLE HATCHING
In Barbados, Mother Nature offers endless options for persons to see a turtle lays eggs or spot baby turtles scrambling for the beach after they have been hatched.
The Hawksbill Turtle lays eggs all year; however, more commonly between April and October. These eggs hatch approximately 2 months afterwards. A common place to see such a rare and extraordinary part of nature is along the South and West Coast beaches of Barbados. These turtles and their surviving offspring return to the same beach each time to lay their eggs.
The Hawksbill Turtle lays approximately 150 eggs every two to three years until the age of 80. An estimated 100 turtles will dig through the sand after they are hatched and scramble for the ocean. A baby turtle has approximately 7 days to make it out to the open sea. They are safer from predators and can find proper nutrition there; only one in every one thousand eggs laid will survive to adulthood.
The Barbados Sea Turtle Project assists by helping the turtles who surface from their nest in daylight. As these turtles have little to no chance of survival, volunteers collect the baby turtles and release them on the beach after dark.
Adapted from: Explore our Isle Barbados (Nov 2013 – Jan 2014)
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Questions 4 - 8. Use the article about turtle hatching on the opposite page to answer questions 4 through 8.
4. Why do the turtles and their offspring return to the same beach?
5. According to the article, at what age do turtles stop laying eggs?
6. During which months is it most common for turtles to lay eggs?
7. According to the article, what does the Barbados Sea Turtle Project do to assist the turtles?
8. List 2 reasons why the baby turtles head out to the open sea.
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Central County Library
Central Library
B0164843
Issue Date: 15/1/07 Expiration Date: 15/1/08
Signature:
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Questions 9 - 10. Look at the library card on the opposite page.
Use it to answer the questions below.
9. Sign your name on the line that reads “signature.”
10. Please circle the date when this library card will expire.
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Questions 11 - 12. Read the chart about the types of injuries at Smiths
Foods in 2000. Use it to answer the questions below.
11. What type of injury happened the most often?
12. What is the total percentage of injuries that were due to bruises and cuts?
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Question 13. Here is an advertisement for the UNICEF charity. Underline the sentence that gives the cost of a vaccination.
Every day, more than
4,000 children die of measles.
The solution is in your pocket.
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4,000 children daily are only the tip of the iceberg because measles can lead to vitamin deficiency and malnutrition.
A single vaccination is enough to protect a child
against measles and its often deadly consequences. The
vaccination costs only 15 cents.
Saving a child’s life doesn’t cost much. Every year UNICEF helps millions of
children. Please help too. Save a child’s life. Send your
contribution to:
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Child-help organization of the United Nations
333 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016
Tel. (212) 555-5522
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Question14. Here is a photograph of Coca Cola bottles.
14. In total, how many bottles are in the two full cases?
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Question 15. look at the picture of nuts on the opposite page to answer the question below.
15. How much would half a pound of nuts cost?
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Question 16. Circle the telephone number given in the advertisement below.
SGIH
SUPPORT GROUP FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THE HOMELESS
Av. Duque de Loulé, no 44, 1st floor - 1050 Lisbon
Tel: (01)3138200
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Question 17. Look at the picture of the tyre on the opposite page to answer the question below.
17. How much do you save on one tyre?
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Jum bo 28-lb. kra ft en velo pes
• Oversized envelopes are ideal for artwork, photos, etc.
• Open end with ungummed flap
YOU’LL SAVE MORE EVERY D AYItem
Number / Size / Per
Box / Discount Price, Per Box
1 Box 2 Boxes 5 Boxes
28-lb. kraft envelopes, non-imprinted
796-77049 / 14x18” / 25 / $10.90 / 9.98 / 8.97796-77080 / 17x22” / 25 / $12.77 / 11.89 / 10.99
796-77098 / 22x27” / 25 / $16.94 / 15.79 / 14.88
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Questions 18 - 21. Use the envelope advertisement on the opposite page to answer questions 18 through 21.
18. How much does one box of 17X22” envelopes cost?
19. How much does each box of 22x27” envelopes cost if you buy two boxes?
20. How many envelopes are there in each box?
21. You want to buy 14x18” envelopes. How many boxes must you buy to get the $8.97 per box price?
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SCORING GUIDELINES
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Scoring values
Correct Score
Allowable value: 1
A correct score is assigned if the response provided by the respondent matches the response described in the Scoring Guide.
Incorrect Score
Allowable value: 7
An incorrect answer will always be scored 7.
For questions that were not answered but have some writing on the page such as question marks, dashes, etc., that indicate that the respondent has seen the stimulus but did not know the response, the score value will be 7.
Refusal or Not Done
Allowable value: 0
Questions that were not answered and left completely blank will be assigned the score value of 0. This means that there is nothing written on the stimulus or question page.
General Scoring Rules
During the scoring activities of the survey, it is imperative that scorers follow instructions in this Scoring Guide. To facilitate this task, a list of “General Scoring Rules” has been compiled for all to follow. While an effort has been made to include all cases, it is possible that some scenarios may have been overlooked. Therefore, in cases where it is not clear whether or not a response is correct, it is important that scorers bring such cases to the attention of the scoring manager or supervisor for a decision.
"[ ]" square brackets and "( )" parenthesis
In this Scoring Guide, text that is delimited by the use of "[ ]" square brackets provides special instructions to scorers. In most instances, such text clarifies or emphasizes important points for consideration while scoring an item.
Text, units of measurement, etc. that are delimited by the use of "( )" parentheses are common additions that respondents may have included as part of their response. The text within the parentheses is not considered essential for a response to be correct, and should not be considered as alternate responses, but rather should be considered complementary information (see 'complementary information' below).
Correct response
Responses should be considered correct only when they are identical to, or equivalent to, the responses in the Scoring Guide.
In this regard, spelling and grammar mistakes should be ignored while scoring an item.
Underlining, circling, writing
• If respondents chose to underline, circle, or otherwise indicate their responses, rather than write them in the space provided, or chose to write the response rather than underline or circle the response, scorers should consider these as acceptable ways to indicate an answer, and score accordingly.
• Underlining or circling that extends beyond the start or end of a sentence containing the correct response will be considered correct only when the underscore starts and/or ends on the same physical line that the sentence starts or ends and does not contain any contradictory information. If a respondent underlines more than the statement or sentence by extending the underscore or circle to a new sentence on a different line, the response will be considered incorrect.
• If the underlined, circled, etc. responses were not cross-referenced to specific questions by the use of arrows, question numbers, etc., scorers will give respondents the benefit of the doubt and assume that respondents linked their responses to correlating questions when possible. For example: if three questions requiring written responses were left blank but the respondent underlined all three appropriate passages (and ONLY the three appropriate passages), then all three responses would be scored correct even if arrows, question numbers, etc., were not used to cross-reference the underlined passages to specific questions.
• If two correct passages and one incorrect passage were underlined, then the scorer would score the two passages as correct and the other one as incorrect.
• If the respondent underlined a variety of passages indiscriminately, thus nullifying the possibility of linkage between questions and answers, then all three questions would be scored as incorrect.
Complementary Information
In all cases, information that is complementary does not cause a response to be incorrect.
Text, units of measurement, etc. that are delimited by the use of "( )" parentheses are commonly found additions that respondents may have included as part of their response. The text within the parentheses is not considered essential for a response to be correct and should not be considered as alternate responses, but is instead considered to be complementary information.
However, the Scoring Guides may not necessarily include all the limitations of what is allowable and what is not allowable. Consequently, Scorers will have to exercise judgment in determining the boundaries and limitations of what constitutes a correct response. Supervisors should be consulted when a clear delimiter between a correct and an incorrect response can't be
established. In other words if you are not sure whether the answer is correct, consult your supervisor.
Contradictory Information
It is possible that a respondent will underline or write more than is required. It is important that the scorers read the information carefully and decide whether or not it is contradictory. By this we mean that the underlined information nullifies the correct answer because the answer contains part or all of an incorrect answer. In other words, the respondent’s answer no longer supports the correct response.
Illegible answers
Illegible answers should be scored as incorrect.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What if a response contains two or more different answers?
Ascertain which answer is intended as the response by seeing where the respondent answered. For example, if the respondent writes one answer on the response line and a second answer in the margin, score the answer which is written on the response line. Unless the respondent has explicitly indicated otherwise, assume that the response written in the proper space is the intended response.
2. What if both answers are written in the proper space?
In these cases, you must differentiate between whether the information is complementary or contradictory: complementary information does not undermine the correct response, while contradictory information results in an incorrect answer.
Answers that contain the correct response and complementary information should be assigned a scored 1.
Answers that include the correct response as well as contradictory information should be scored 7.