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Some 4% of Americans have Below Level 1 literacy.
That means they are nonliterate.
They can’t read well enough to perform activities of daily living in a modern society — let alone to take a literacy test.
That means they are nonliterate.
They can’t read well enough to perform activities of daily living in a modern society — let alone to take a literacy test.
14% of Americans have level 1 literacy.
That means they can read and write at the below-basic, or first- to third-grade level.
That means they can read and write at the below-basic, or first- to third-grade level.
About one-third of Americans have Level 2 literacy.
That means they can read and write at a basic, or fourth- to fifth-grade level.
That means they can read and write at a basic, or fourth- to fifth-grade level.
More than one-third of Americans have Level 3 literacy.
That means they can read and write at an intermediate, or sixth- to eighth-grade level.
That means they can read and write at an intermediate, or sixth- to eighth-grade level.
12% of Americans have what is now called Level 4/5 literacy.
At Level 4, that means they can read and write at a proficient, or ninth- to 10th-grade level.
Yup, just 12% of Americans can read at what we consider the high school literacy level.
At Level 4, that means they can read and write at a proficient, or ninth- to 10th-grade level.
Yup, just 12% of Americans can read at what we consider the high school literacy level.
Only 2% have college literacy levels.
Link to the Report Website: nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubs…
1 out of every 6 adults in the U.S. lack basic reading skills – that means 36 million people can't read a job application, understand basic written instructions, or read the Internet (COABE, 2017).
2 out of every 6 adults in the U.S. cannot handle basic numbers, like working a cash register or understanding a transit schedule (COABE, 2017).
