{"id":22381,"date":"2019-12-11T12:10:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=22381"},"modified":"2019-12-30T09:45:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T13:45:02","slug":"what-is-the-literacy-rate-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2019\/12\/what-is-the-literacy-rate-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the literacy rate in the U.S 1993?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>27% of Americans can\u2019t write simple messages or letters<\/h2>\n<p>What reading grade level should you hit on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2016\/04\/flesch-kincaid-grade-level\/\">Flesch-Kincaid<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2016\/04\/the-gunning-fog-index\/\">Gunning Fog<\/a>\u00a0or other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/revvingupreadership.com\/2017\/08\/measure-readability-with-10-top-indexes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">readability indexes<\/a>?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44158\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/what-is-the-literacy-rate-in-the-us.png\" alt=\"What is the literacy rate in the U.S\" title=\"What is the literacy rate in the U.S\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44158 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/what-is-the-literacy-rate-in-the-us.png\" alt=\"What is the literacy rate in the U.S\" title=\"What is the literacy rate in the U.S\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44158\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Locked out <\/strong>32% of Americans can\u2019t figure out the price per ounce of peanut butter in a 20-ounce jar costing $1.99. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/thoughtful-stressed-young-man-mess-1112215532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Image by Billion Photos<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That depends.<\/p>\n<h3>Average? 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade.<\/h3>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">The average U.S. adult reading level is 8th\u00a0grade.<\/h5>\n<p>The average U.S. adult reading level is 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0grade, according to most estimates. For a general audience, then, that\u2019s a good average.<\/p>\n<p>Why so low?<\/p>\n<p>Some 85% of U.S. adults aged 25 and older had completed at least high school in 2003, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And 27% had college degrees. Both of those numbers represent all-time highs.<\/p>\n<p>But still, Americans don\u2019t read as well as you might think.<\/p>\n<h3>Three literacy scales.\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>In 1993, the U.S. Department of Education conducted the first National Adult Literacy Survey, the most comprehensive, statistically reliable source on literacy in the United States. It studied 26,000 U.S. adults, representing 191 million people, on three literacy scales:<\/p>\n<p>The study looks at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prose literacy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 the ability to search, comprehend and use information from linear copy, like articles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Document literacy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 the ability to search, comprehend and use information from nonlinear materials, like maps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quantitative literacy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 the ability to identify and perform computations using numbers from printed material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The results? Nearly half of the Americans surveyed couldn\u2019t read well enough to find a single piece of information in a short publication or make low-level inferences based on what they\u2019d read, according to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/pubs93\/93275.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adult Literacy in America<\/a>\u201d (PDF), a report based on that study.<\/p>\n<h3>21% nonliterate<\/h3>\n<p>Level: 1. Grades: 1-3.<\/p>\n<p>Number\/Percentage of Americans over 16: 40 to 44 million; 21%<\/p>\n<p>These folks aren\u2019t literate enough to perform tasks necessary for functioning in everyday life, according to The National Institute for Literacy\u2019s \u201cThe State of Literacy in America: Estimates at the Local, State and National Levels\u201d (PDF).<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">These folks aren\u2019t literate enough to perform tasks necessary for functioning in everyday life.<\/h5>\n<p>Most of them can sign their names, identify a country in a short article, locate one piece of information in a sports article, locate the expiration date on a driver\u2019s license or total a bank deposit entry.<\/p>\n<p>But most cannot figure out eligibility from a table of employee benefits, locate an intersection on a street map, find two pieces of information in a sports article, identify and enter background information on a Social Security card application or calculate total costs of purchase from an order form.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/can-you-read-me-now.png\" alt=\"Can you read me now\" title=\"Can you read me now\" width=\"600\" height=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44157 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/703;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/can-you-read-me-now.png\" alt=\"Can you read me now\" title=\"Can you read me now\" width=\"600\" height=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44157\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3>27% below basic<\/h3>\n<p>Level: 2. Grades: 4-5.<\/p>\n<p>Number\/Percentage of Americans over 16: 54 million; 27%<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">Most can\u2019t write simple messages or letters.<\/h5>\n<p>Most in this group (and Level 1) can\u2019t write simple messages or letters; locate a piece of information when there are several plausible options; or compare and contrast easily identifiable information.<\/p>\n<p>Most, for instance, can\u2019t read a sports article and identify the age at which the swimmer began to swim competitively.<\/p>\n<h3>32% basic<\/h3>\n<p>Level: 3. Grades 6-8.<\/p>\n<p>Number\/Percentage of Americans over 16: 61 million; 32%<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">Most can\u2019t write a brief letter explaining an error on a credit card bill.<\/h5>\n<p>Most in this group (and Levels 1-2) can\u2019t write a brief letter explaining an error on a credit card bill, read a magazine article about a woman and provide two facts that support an inference about her or figure out the price per ounce of peanut butter in a 20-ounce jar costing $1.99.<\/p>\n<h3>17% intermediate<\/h3>\n<p>Level: 4. Grades 9-10.<\/p>\n<p>Number\/Percentage of Americans over 16: 29 to 33 million; 17%<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">Most in this group can\u2019t contrast two opposing views in a newspaper feature about fuel-efficient cars.<\/h5>\n<p>Most in this group (and Levels 1-3) can\u2019t contrast two opposing views in a newspaper feature about fuel-efficient cars, identify a theme or organizing principle in a newspaper column or understand a simplified written explanation of the procedures used by attorneys and judges in selecting juries.<\/p>\n<h3>3.5% proficient<\/h3>\n<p>Level: 5. Grades 11 and up.<\/p>\n<p>Number\/Percentage of Americans over 16: 6 to 8 million; 3.5%<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">The only group with literacy skills adequate for traditional college study<\/h5>\n<p>This is the only group that demonstrated literacy skills adequate for traditional college study \u2014 a level that 30% of all U.S. high school students reached in 1940, according to The Odysseus Group\u2019s John Taylor Gatto.<\/p>\n<p>Are you smart enough to write for a 5th grader?<\/p>\n<div id='MC-CTC-READ' class='widgets_on_page wop_tiny1  wop_small1  wop_medium1  wop_large1  wop_wide1'>\n\t\t\t<ul><li id=\"custom_html-10\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><h3>How can you reach <em>all<\/em> of your readers?<\/h3>\r\n<p>Read it and weep. More than half of all Americans have basic or below-basic reading skills, according to the DOE\u2019s latest adult literacy test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>How well are you doing reaching these folks with your messages? <a title=\"Rev Up Readability \u2014 our clear-writing workshop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/corporate-communications-training\/writing-classes\/corporate-communication-training\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/clear-writing-training.png\" alt=\"Rev Up Readability \u2014 our clear-writing workshop\" title=\"Rev Up Readability \u2014 our clear-writing workshop\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/250;float:left; text-align:left; margin: 0 auto; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 18x; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; color: #FFFFFF; max-width:100%; max-height:100%;\" class=\"img-max lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/clear-writing-training.png\" alt=\"Rev Up Readability \u2014 our clear-writing workshop\" title=\"Rev Up Readability \u2014 our clear-writing workshop\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left; text-align:left; margin: 0 auto; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 18x; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; color: #FFFFFF; max-width:100%; max-height:100%;\" class=\"img-max\"><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<p>To reach all of your readers \u2014 regardless of their reading level \u2014 please join me at <a title=\"Rev Up Readability \u2014 our clear-writing workshop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/corporate-communications-training\/writing-classes\/corporate-communication-training\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rev Up Readability<\/strong><\/a>, \u2014 our clear-writing workshop.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>You\u2019ll learn to make every piece you write easier to read and understand. You\u2019ll walk away with secrets you can use to reach more readers, measurably improve readability and sell concise writing to management. And you\u2019ll learn to write messages that get more people to read your piece, read more of it, read it faster, understand it better and remember it longer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"btn btn--depth\" style=\"text-align: center;  margin: 10px 0 20px; width:100%;\"><a id=\"btnTT\" style=\"\" title=\"BOOK NOW\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/corporate-communications-training\/writing-classes\/corporate-communication-training\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-width=\"91\">BOOK NOW<\/a>\r\n<!-- [if mso]>\r\n<p style=\"line-height:0;margin:0;\"><v:roundrect xmlns:v=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/corporate-communications-training\/writing-classes\/corporate-communication-training\/\" style=\"width:153px\" arcsize=\"8%\" strokecolor=\"#D96237\" filled=\"t\"><v:fill type=\"gradient\" angle=\"180\" color=\"#f16522\" color2=\"#f16522\"><\/v:fill><v:textbox style=\"mso-fit-shape-to-text:t\" inset=\"0px,11px,0px,11px\"><center style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:24px;color:#FFFFFF;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:bold;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-text-raise:4px\">BOOK NOW<\/center><\/v:textbox><\/v:roundrect><\/p>\r\n<![endif]--><\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><!-- widgets_on_page -->\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Sources: Michael D. Aldridge, \u201cWriting and Designing Readable Patient Education Materials,\u201d\u00a0<em>Nephrology Nursing Journal,<\/em>\u00a0vol. 31, no. 4, July\/August 2004, p. 373-377<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Brownson, \u201cLiteracy: A Problem that Managers Must Handle,\u201d\u00a0<em>Hospital Materiel Management Quarterly,<\/em>\u00a0vol. 20, no. 1, August 1998, p. 37-47<\/p>\n<p>William H. Dubay, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.impact-information.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Basics of Plain Language<\/a>,\u201d Impact Information: Plain Language Services, 2005<\/p>\n<p>John Taylor Gatto, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120723202519\/http:\/johntaylorgatto.com\/chapters\/3j.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The National Adult Literacy Survey<\/a>,\u201d The Odysseus Group<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Mueller, \u201cThe Fog Index,\u201d\u00a0<em>Folio:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Robert Longley, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/blogs\/data-mine\/2015\/02\/12\/us-high-school-graduation-rate-hits-all-time-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. High School Graduation Rate Hits All-time High<\/a>,\u201d About.com, July 5, 2004<\/p>\n<p>TJ Larkin &amp; Sandar Larkin, \u201cMost Adults Can\u2019t Understand Our Health Communication,\u201d\u00a0<em>Larkin Page,<\/em>\u00a0No. 54, January 2007<\/p>\n<p>TJ Larkin &amp; Sandar Larkin, \u201cPatients Don\u2019t Remember Doctors\u2019 Instructions,\u201d\u00a0<em>Larkin Page,<\/em>\u00a0No. 78, January 2008<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/?id=ED416407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The State of Literacy in America: Estimates at the Local, State and National Levels<\/a>\u201d (PDF), National Institute for Literacy, 1998<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhwa.dot.gov\/planning\/publications\/low_limited\/lowlim04.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What do low literacy and limited English proficiency mean?<\/a>\u201d U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, FHWA.dot.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27% of Americans can\u2019t write simple messages or letters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[2524,96],"class_list":{"0":"post-22381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-literacy-rates","8":"tag-literacy-rate","9":"tag-readability","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v23.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is the literacy rate in the U.S?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is the literacy rate in the U.S 1993? 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