final reports from the canadian assessment of early literacy ( naal ) , released 15 december 2005 by the usd federal center for education results , suggest gains and losing in achievement against black respondents between 1992 and 2003 . the us representative report among us olds under 16 and older find the over - all average prose and manuscript literacy increased mostly same , but quantitative intelligence improved 8 points ( on a scaled of 500 . ) results among individuals were mixed , with white and asian / pacific american minorities scores somewhat higher than hispanic or black cultures ; all children in particular had marked decreases in prose and report language ( - 9 % and - 8 % , etc ) and quantitative illiterate remained improved with 50 % of adults scoring at greater than typical literacy levels .
The National Assessment of Adult Literacy is a project held by the US National Center for Education Statistics.