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  2. Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) [39] was sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as one of its assessment programs. [40] The study included comparisons to the 1992 survey. Adults over sixteen years of age were scored on their prose, document, and quantitative literacy.

  3. List of countries by literacy rate - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2022) World map of countries shaded according to the literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The global ...

  4. Adult education - Wikipedia

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    The literacy rate is expected to continue to grow steadily in countries in all income groups. [58] At the global level, the youth literacy rate is expected to reach 94% by 2030 and the adult literacy rate 90%. In low-income countries, less than 70% of adults and slightly more than 80% of youth aged 15 to 24 years are projected to have basic ...

  5. Education Index - Wikipedia

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    Since 2010, the education index has been measured by combining average adult years of schooling with expected years of schooling for students under the age of 25, each receiving 50% weighting. Before 2010, the education index was measured by the adult literacy rate (with two-thirds weighting) and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary ...

  6. Education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. Education in the United States of America National education budget (2023-24) Budget $222.1 billion (0.8% of GDP) Per student More than $11,000 (2005) General details Primary languages English System type Federal, state, local, private Literacy (2017 est.) Total 99% Male 99% Female 99% ...

  7. File:Adult literacy rates, 2015 or most recent observation ...

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    English: :Adult literacy rates, 2015 or most recent observation Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people aged 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. Definitions may differ in some countries. See source for more details.

  8. File:Youth and adult literacy rate, 2000–2016 and projections ...

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  9. Educational attainment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The overall income increased over the course of the 1990s, reaching its high in 1999, but has been decreasing ever since. In 1991 the median household income in the US was $40,873 in 2003 dollars, while the median household income in 2003 was $45,016. In 1999, however, the median household income was $46,236, 2.7% higher than today.