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About 14 percent of U.S. adults won't be reading this article. Well, okay, most people won't read it, given all the words that are published these days to help us understand ... A separate study released last month named Minneapolis and Seattle as the most literate cities. ... Americans Flunk Simple 3-Question Political Survey...
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www.livescience.com/culture/090110-illiterate-adults.ht...
www.livescience.com/culture/090110-illiterate-adults.html
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To make it to “basic,” an individual needed to score about 42 percent in prose and document, ... So how well to Americans do? For all our vaunted dedication to excellence in education, when it comes to literacy – our crucial tool for dealing with most of life’s challenges – Americans are surprisingly weak.
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www.academia.org/how-literate-are-americans/
www.academia.org/how-literate-are-americans/
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Clarion Call; How Literate Are Americans? ... And to achieve the “proficient” level, an individual needed to score about 68 percent in prose and document, 70 percent in quantitative. The standards, clearly, are not set at a very high level. So how well to Americans do?
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www.popecenter.org/clarion_call/article.html?id=1664
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The context of the American society is changing as Americans age, become more diverse, and need new laws and policies. In 2000, almost 13 percent of the population was sixty-five years old or olds. ... and national surveys have found that about 20 percent of all Americans are barely literate [p. 24].
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www.accd.edu/sac/gov/alfaro/2302online/Notes.html
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Only 47 percent of American adults read “literature” (poems, plays, narrative fiction) in 2002, a drop of 7 points from a decade earlier. Those reading any book at all in 2002 fell to 57 percent, down from 61 percent.
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www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/july2004/080704dumbus...
www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/july2004/080704dumbusa.htm
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As health care generates debate in this year's presidential campaign, about 68 percent of Americans say individuals should be required to have medical insurance, with government help for those who cannot afford it, a survey released on Tuesday found. ... Most Americans Agree: We Need Universal Health Care...
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www.everydaycitizen.com/2008/01/68_percent_of_americans...
www.everydaycitizen.com/2008/01/68_percent_of_americans_favor.html
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In the United States, 20 percent of the adult population is marginally literate. Of these roughly 30 million people, approximately 1.8 million are enrolled in basic skills literacy programs. ... Hi Barbara, Is this really true that 20 percent of adult Americans are marginally literate? In a country like the US!
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www.englishforums.com/English/UnitedStatesPercentAdultP...
www.englishforums.com/English/UnitedStatesPercentAdultPopulation-MarginallyLiterate/gbpjg/post.htm
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In February 2005, USA Today reported that 64 percent of high school graduates go to college, but the number of Americans with bachelor degrees is only 29 percent. So what happens to that other 35 percent between the time they go and four years later?
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www.theolympian.com/columnists/story/227366.html
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Miller’s survey found that almost 30 percent of Americans are now scientifically literate. But, he said, we should take no pride in a finding that 70 percent of Americans can’t understand the science stories in today’s news.
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mensnewsdaily.com/2007/03/14/americans-becoming-more-sc...
mensnewsdaily.com/2007/03/14/americans-becoming-more-scientifically-literate/
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