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Gallup principal economist Jonathan Rothwell assessed results collected by PIAAC during 2012 - 2017 for a 2020 economic impact analysis [9] commissioned by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, [10] surmising that, of the 33 OECD nations surveyed, the U.S. had placed sixteenth for literacy, with about half of Americans surveyed, aged ...
The Virginia Literacy Foundation (VLF), is an organization whose mission is to reduce adult illiteracy in Virginia by providing funding and technical support to private, volunteer adult literacy organizations that teach low level literacy adults to read and write with one-on-one instruction and tutoring.
ProLiteracy, also known as ProLiteracy Worldwide, is an international nonprofit organization that supports literacy programs that help adults learn to read and write. [1] [2] Based in Syracuse, New York, [3] ProLiteracy has slightly less than 1,000 member programs in the U.S. and works with 21 partners in 35 developing countries.
UNESCO has collected the definitions used by nations in their tables of literacy in its General Metadata on National Literacy Data table; variations depend on whether childhood literacy (age six) or adult literacy was measured. The list distinguishes between a respondent's self-reported literacy and demonstrated ability to read. [26]
The adult literacy rate is 86%, which means 750 million adults lack basic literacy skills. There are 92 literate women for every 100 literate men globally, and in low-income countries, as few as 77 literate women for every 100 literate men. The literacy rate is expected to continue to grow steadily in countries in all income groups. [58]
Included the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, which provided grants to states to create adult literacy programs. Pub. L. 113–128 (text) 2014 (No short title) Extended the Higher Education Act through FY2015. Pub. L. 113–174 (text) 2015 STEM Education Act of 2015: Funded STEM education in schools. Funded fellowships for STEM teachers.
[30] [31] The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy also released its "Gap Map" data tool in 2020 to illustrate the intersectionality of literacy with American health, income and education. CEO Robinson informed the Associated Press that the Gap Map furnishes "critical information on low literacy’s intersection with some of the most ...
The International Literacy Association (ILA), formerly the International Reading Association (IRA), is an international global advocacy and member professional organization that was created in 1956 to improve reading instruction, facilitate dialogue about research on reading, and encourage the habit of reading across the globe.