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Where exactly are you getting the figure that 45% of the USA is illiterate? Measured rates are closer to 1%. That kind of absurd exaggeration really discredits
by TTPrograms 11y ago
Where exactly are you getting the figure that 45% of the USA is illiterate? Measured rates are closer to 1%.
That kind of absurd exaggeration really discredits your point.
- illumen 11y agoI meant functionally illiterate. Reading level of US adults at a proficient level is only 13% http://www.statisticbrain.com/number-of-american-adults-who-cant-read/ http://www.statisticbrain.com/number-of-american-adults-who-...
- adventured 11y agoYou're misrepresenting what that stat means. ~86% of Americans are functionally literate. It's ridiculous these kinds of claims even make it to HN comments. Proficient on the survey that derives from, is the highest possible ranking. Proficient on that survey does not equate to functional; anything at or above basic is functional. About half the 14% of people that fall below functional, do so because of language barrier problems related to not speaking English as a first language. https://nces.ed.gov/naal/kf_demographics.asp https://nces.ed.gov/naal/kf_demographics.asp
- illumen 11y agoUnited States has a functional illiteracy rate of 48.7% according to [0] The UK is at 21.8% for comparison. The link you provided shows between 43% and 55% are functionally illiterate (basic or below) depending on which test you look at, for English. Just because education is poor for people who don't know English as a first language, and just because USA services are not available in Spanish despite such a large percentage speaking Spanish does not mean there is no problem. Functional illiteracy in the USA is a big problem. The education system in the USA is a massive failure. [0] Cleckler, Bob (2009). Let's End Our Literacy Crisis, Revised Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: American University & colleges Press. pp. 15–26. ISBN 1-58982-230-7.