Literacy, of course, meaning the ability to read and write. That covers the whole spectrum from those who can just about read and write to those who can produce and understand complex texts using correct spelling and punctuation.
ive provided a cite for my claim..sil hasnt...and it might be better to read the cite provided before making claims.
Test
Each student takes a two-hour handwritten test. Part of the test is multiple-choice and part involves fuller answers. There are six and a half hours of assessment material, but each student is not tested on all the parts. Following the cognitive test, participating students spend nearly one more hour answering a questionnaire on their background including learning habits, motivation, and family. School directors fill in a questionnaire describing school demographics, funding, etc. In 2012 the participants were, for the first time in the history of large-scale testing and assessments, offered a new type of problem, i.e. interactive (complex) problems requiring exploration of a novel virtual device