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Mission: Health Literacy
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Welcome to the Health Education Assessment Project (HEAP). The HEAP is a national consortium with the mission to improve students’ health literacy through improved health instruction.
Comprised of program specialists, educators, researchers and representatives from state departments of education, school districts and higher education, private sector consultants, and federal agencies, it is one of many collaborative projects sponsored by the
Council of Chief States School Officers (CCSSO).
The HEAP has developed a variety of products and services aimed at improving health literacy (see Products and Services). The Health & Reading Initiative, for example, was developed based on the education recommendations made in the 2004 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. The HEAP has the experience and the human and technological resources to efficiently and cost-effectively develop a National Health Literacy Skills Test. This test will be used to support research and also document progress in improving health literacy across the nation. We have developed a concept paper that outlines the steps in developing such an test and are currently seeking funding to make this skills test a reality. Funding Proposal Here. 
Elementary School Students using HEAP Resources |
Contact Nancy Hudson, HEAP Coordinator, CCSSO, for more information.
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 High School Students using HEAP Resources |
