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It’s not skewed much by immigration. This is because the native-born population is much larger. See: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/public
by Herring 1y ago
It’s not skewed much by immigration. This is because the native-born population is much larger.
See: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/PIAAC-Immigrant-Adult-Profile.pdf https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publicat...
51% of native-born adults scored at Level 3 or higher. This is considered the benchmark for being able to manage complex tasks and fully participate in a knowledge-based society. Only 28% of immigrant adults achieved this level. So yes immigrants are in trouble, but it’s still a huge problem with 49% native-born below Level 3.
- refurb 1y agoIn my mind “literate” is not “hand complex tasks”, it’s a basic ability to read and write. Seems like the standards have changed over time?
- robertritz 1y agoConsidering the amount of digitalization in society, more government regulations, etc. I think basic literacy alone does not guarantee you can participate in society effectively.
- refurb 1y agoBut in the past, literacy was typically defined as "bare minimum". It's fine if we want to change it to "sufficiently master language to do a white collar job", but if the standard changes we shouldn't be surprised fewer people meet it.
- Herring 1y agoWell the topic of conversation was AGI. I have a stem phd and I like to think I’m a strong reader, but Gemini pro can analyze/distill pages of text at least as well as I can, and much much faster. It only seems to fail when it doesn’t have relevant data/context.