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    Literacy.org has produced numerous publications in the field of literacy, with a focus on adult basic education and international literacy development.

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    Books

     

    Publication Cover: Learning at the bottom of the pyramid: Science, measurement, and policy in low-income countries.

    Wagner, D. A., Wolf, S. & Boruch, R. F. (eds.) (2018).

    Learning at the bottom of the pyramid: Science, measurement, and policy in low-income countries.

    Paris: UNESCO-IIEP.

    Publication Cover: Learning as development: Rethinking international education in a changing world.

    Wagner, D. A. (Ed.). (2018). 

    Learning as development: Rethinking international education in a changing world.

     New York, NY: Routledge.

    Publication Cover: Learning and education in developing countries: Research and policy for the post-2015 UN development goals.

    Wagner, D. A. (Ed.). (2015). 

    Learning and education in developing countries: Research and policy for the post-2015 UN development goals.

     New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Wagner, D. A. (2015). 

    Des évaluations simples, rapides et abordables: Améliorer l’apprentissage dans les pays en développement.

     Paris, France: UNESCO-IIEP.

    Wagner, D. A., & Castillo, N. M. (2014).

    Learning at the bottom of the pyramid: Constraints, comparability and policy in developing countries.

     Prospects, (44), 627–638.

    Publication Cover: Mobiles for reading: A landscape research review.

    Wagner, D. A. (2014). 

    Mobiles for reading: A landscape research review.

    Washington, DC: USAID.

    Wagner, D. A. (2011). 

    What happened to literacy? Historical and conceptual perspectives on literacy in UNESCO.

     International Journal of Educational Development, 31, 319–323.

    Publication Cover: Smaller, quicker, cheaper: Improving learning assessments in developing countries.

    Wagner, D. A. (2011). 

    Smaller, quicker, cheaper: Improving learning assessments in developing countries.

     International Institute for Educational Planning. Paris: UNESCO.

    Wagner, D. A. (2010).

    Quality of education, comparability, and assessment choice in developing countries.

     COMPARE: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 40(6), 741–760.

    Wagner, D. A. (2008).

    Global perspectives on the science of literacy and education.

    In M. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of cross-cultural developmental science. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.

    Wagner, D. A., & Sweet, R. (Eds.). (2006).

     ICT and learning: Supporting out-of-school youth and adults.

    Paris, France: OECD/NCAL.

    Wagner, D. A., & Kozma, R. (2005).

     New technologies for literacy and adult education: A global perspective.

    Paris, France: UNESCO. [English, French and Arabic].

    Publication Cover: Monitoring and evaluation of ICT in education projects: A handbook for developing countries.

    Wagner, D. A. (Ed.). (2005).

     Monitoring and evaluation of ICT in education projects: A handbook for developing countries.

    Washington, D.C.: World Bank/InfoDev.

    OECD/NCAL. Learning to Bridge the Digital Divide. (2000).

    (Wagner et al, principal editors).

    Paris: OECD.

    Gal, I. (2000).

     Adult Numeracy Development: Theory, Research, Practice. Series on Literacy: Research, Policy, and Practice.

    Hampton Press, Inc., 23 Broadway, Cresskill, NJ 07626.

    Wagner, D. A. (2002).

    Literacy: Developing the future.

    Brasilia: Unesco. Revised and updated in Portuguese. (Alfabetizacao: Construir o futuro.)

    Publication Cover: Literacy: An international handbook.

    Wagner, D. A., Venezky, R. L., & Street, B. V. (Eds.). (1999).

     Literacy: An international handbook.

    Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

    Publication Cover: International perspectives on the school-to-work transition.

    Stern, D. & Wagner, D. A. (Eds.) (1999).

    International perspectives on the school-to-work transition.

    Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

    Wagner, D. A. (Ed.) (1999).

    The future of literacy in a changing world. Second edition, Revised and updated.

    Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

    Wagner, D. A. (1998).

    Literacy: Developing the future.

    Unesco/ILI. Revised and updated in Spanish. (Alfabetisation: Construir el futuro.)

    Wagner, D. A. (1997).

    Literacy: Developing the future (In Arabic language).

    Unesco/ILI/Univ of Tunis. Revised and updated.

    Publication Cover: Adult basic skills: Innovations in measurement and policy analysis.

    Tuijnman, A., Kirsch, I. & Wagner, D. A., (Eds.). (1997)

    Adult basic skills: Innovations in measurement and policy analysis.

    Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

    Publication Cover: What makes workers learn?: The role of incentives in workplace education and training.

    Hirsch, D. & Wagner, D. A. (Eds.) (1994).

    What makes workers learn?: The role of incentives in workplace education and training.

    Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

    Publication Cover: Literacy among African-American youth.

    Gadsden, V. L. & Wagner, D. A. (Eds.) (1994).

    Literacy among African-American youth.

    Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

    Wagner, D. A. (1993).

    Literacy, culture and development: Becoming literate in Morocco.

    New York: Cambridge University Press.

    Wagner, D. A. (1992).

    Literacy: Developing the future.

    Unesco Yearbook of Education, 1992, Vol. 43. Paris: Unesco. [Also in French]

    Wagner, D. A. & Puchner, L. (Eds.) (March 1992).

    World literacy in the year 2000.

    Special issue of Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

    Wagner, D. A. (1990).

    Literacy and research: Past, present and future.

    Special issue of Literacy Lessons for the 1990 International Literacy Year. Geneva: IBE/Unesco.

    Publication Cover: Toward defining literacy.

    Venezky, R., Wagner, D. A., & Ciliberti, B. (1990).(Eds.).

    Toward defining literacy.

    Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

    Wagner, D. A. & Srivastava, A.B.L. (1989). (Principal authors)

    Measuring literacy through household surveys.

    (Doc. No. DP/UN/INT-88-X01/10E). New York: United Nations Statistical Office.

    Wagner, D. A. (1987). (Ed.).

    The future of literacy in a changing world.

    London/New York: Pergamon Press.

    Wagner, D. A. (1983a). (Ed.).

    Child development and international development: Research- policy interfaces.

    San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

    Wagner, D. A. (1983b).

    Special Issue Editor, "Literacy and Ethnicity."

    In the International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Vol. #42.

    Wagner, D. A. & Stevenson, H.W. (1982). (Eds.).

    Cultural perspectives on child development.

    San Francisco: W. H. Freeman & Co.