Illiteracy, unchanged.

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The U.S. Illiteracy Rate Hasn't Changed In 10 Years

According to a study conducted in late April by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy, 32 million adults in the U.S. can't read. That's 14 percent of the population. 21 percent of adults in the U.S. read below a 5th grade level, and 19 percent of high school graduates can't read.

The current literacy rate isn't any better than it was 10 years ago. According to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (completed most recently in 2003, and before that, in 1992), 14 percent of adult Americans demonstrated a "below basic" literacy level in 2003, and 29 percent exhibited a "basic" reading level.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/illiteracy-rate_n_3880355.html


Raw data:

U.S. Illiteracy Statistics Data
Percent of U.S. adults who can’t read 14 %
Number of U.S. adults who can’t read 32 Million
Percent of U.S. adults who read below a 5th grade level 21 %
Percent of prison inmates who can’t read 63 %
Percent of high school graduates who can’t read 19 %​

http://www.statisticbrain.com/number-of-american-adults-who-cant-read/

 

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Percent of high school graduates who can’t read 19 %

How do they graduate?

 

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That's a shame.

 

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Percent of high school graduates who can’t read 19 %

How do they graduate?

True story time.

When I was working at the Shelter several years ago, we had students come in who needed to perform "Community Service Hours" to graduate.

One of the local charter schools had the requirement, as did the local Catholic school, as well as the State University for various "public service" majors, such as Civil Administration, Public Health, Criminal Justice, and so on.

When anyone came to do volunteer hours that had to be verified, there was a set of forms to be filled out.

The students from the Charter School and the Catholic High School had little trouble doing so, although sometimes the information they put in the various blanks was humorous.

There were times when the students from the State University could not fill out the forms.

Evidently 'reading with comprehension' was not a requirement to gain admission.