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  2. Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [2] [61] The analysis noted that, of the 33 OECD nations included in the survey, the U.S. had placed sixteenth for literacy, and surmised that about half of Americans surveyed, aged 16 to 74, had demonstrated a below sixth-grade reading level. [59]

  3. Functional illiteracy - Wikipedia

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    About 70% of adults in the U.S. prison system read at or below the fourth-grade level, according to the 2003 National Adult Literacy Survey, noting that a "link between academic failure and delinquency, violence and crime is welded to reading failure." [9] 85% of US juvenile inmates are functionally illiterate. [8]

  4. Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy - Wikipedia

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    The Foundation funded a 2020 economic impact study by Gallup [31] in which its principal economist, Jonathan Rothwell, concluded that the U.S. could increase its gross domestic product by 10%, generating an additional $2.2 trillion in annual income, by enabling greater literacy for the 54% of Americans reading below a sixth-grade level nationwide.

  5. Programme for the International Assessment of Adult ...

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    Below Level 1: can read brief texts on familiar topics and locate a single piece of specific information identical in form to information in the question or directive. Level 1: (176 points) can complete simple forms, understand basic vocabulary, determine the meaning of sentences, and read continuous texts with a degree of fluency.

  6. Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly’: Pew report

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    Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly” despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health, according to a new report ...

  7. The top 10% of wealthy Americans now control 60% of the nation’s wealth, while the poorer half of the country holds only 6%, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office.

  8. Which Generation Has Relied on Food Stamps the Most? - AOL

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    Food stamp programs help millions of Americans gain access to food. But who exactly uses them? GOBankingRates surveyed more than 1,000 Americans ages 18 and older from across the country asking ...

  9. List of primary education systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Subjects usually taken up include Communication Arts in Mother Tongue (until Grade 3), English (some private schools break this down into Language and Reading) and Filipino, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies (taught in Mother Tongue from Grade 1-Grade 3, Filipino in Grades 4-6), Music, Art, Physical Education and Health (collectively known ...