Literacy rates: Read ’em and weep
18% of U.S. adults have below-basic reading skills
Going down Literacy rates around the world are low and getting lower. Are you smart enough to write for a fifth grader? Image by Christian Sterk
World literacy
- A world of hurt: Global literacy is falling. What’s a communicator to do?
- Is Obamacare readable?: AP asks Ann to evaluate online training program
- We are the world: And we’re not very literate, according to an OECD study
- World numeracy 2013: Fewer than 12% of Earth’s adults are competent at math
U.S. literacy
- Literacy in America 2003: 14% of U.S. adults have ‘below basic’ skills
- Literacy in America 1993: 21% have trouble using a street map
