The National Center for Education Statistics maintains this webpage. The page defines the 3 types of literacy that the National Assessment of Adult Literacy measures. It defines document literacy (the type of literacy required to understand and use questionnaires, surveys, and forms) as “the knowledge and skills needed to … search, comprehend, and use non-continuous texts in various formats.”
Three Types of Literacy
Communication
- Topic
- Questionnaires, Surveys, & Forms
- Audience
- Researchers and Academics, Educators and Trainers
- Setting
- Schools and Educational Settings, Colleges, Universities, and Academic Institutions
- Level
- Foundational