Download or read book Functional Illiteracy in the United States written by David Harman and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illiterate America written by Jonathan Kozol and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is startling and it is shaming: in a country that prides itself on being among the most enlightened in the world, 25 million American adults cannot read the poison warnings on a can of pesticide, a letter from their child’s teacher, or the front page of a newspaper. An additional 35 million read below the level needed to function successfully in our society. The United States ranks forty-ninth among 158 member nations of the UN in literacy, and wastes over $100 billion annually as a result. The problem is not merely an embarrassment, it is a social and economic disaster. In Illiterate America, Jonathan Kozol, author of National Book Award-winning Death at an Early Age, addresses this national disgrace. Combining hard statistics and heartrending stories, he describes the economic and the human costs of illiteracy. Kozol analyses and condemns previous government action—and inaction—and, in a passionate call for reform, he proposes a specific program to conquer illiteracy. One out of every three American adults cannot read this book—which is why everyone else must.
Download or read book The State of Literacy in America written by Stephen M. Reder and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document presents synthesized estimates of the rates of level 1 literacy by congressional district in the 50 states and District of Columbia. The estimates are extrapolations of the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) that were based on the findings of approximately 26,000 interviews. The document begins with an introduction containing the following: overview of the NALS; examination of what it means to be literate in the 1990s; definition of level 1 literacy (ability to perform many tasks involving simple texts and documents but difficulty using certain reading, writing, and computational skills considered necessary for functioning in everyday life); and discussion of the impact of low literacy. Presented next are answers to 12 frequently asked questions about synthetic estimates of adult literacy proficiency. The remainder of the document consists of bar graphs and maps detailing the rates of level 1 literacy by state, congressional district, county, and municipality. A total of 119 figures/tables/maps are included throughout the document. Appended is a paper, "Synthetic Estimates of Literacy Proficiency for Small Census Areas" (Stephen Reder), that describes the extrapolation techniques, which are said to be relatively accurate for individual localities with at least 10,000 inhabitants. (MN)
Download or read book Literacy in the United States written by Carl F. Kaestle and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aims to shed new light on the issue of literacy in America, providing a social history that broadens the definition of literacy, considering who was reading what, under what circumstances and for what purposes. The book assesses trends in Americans' reading abilities and reading habits.
Download or read book Adult Illiteracy in the United States written by Carman St. John Hunter and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1979 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Functional Literacy and the Schools written by Donald L. Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illiteracy in America written by National Advisory Council on Adult Education (U.S.). Literacy Committee and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Adult Literacy Instruction written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high level of literacy in both print and digital media is required for negotiating most aspects of 21st-century life, including supporting a family, education, health, civic participation, and competitiveness in the global economy. Yet, more than 90 million U.S. adults lack adequate literacy. Furthermore, only 38 percent of U.S. 12th graders are at or above proficient in reading. Improving Adult Literacy Instruction synthesizes the research on literacy and learning to improve literacy instruction in the United States and to recommend a more systemic approach to research, practice, and policy. The book focuses on individuals ages 16 and older who are not in K-12 education. It identifies factors that affect literacy development in adolescence and adulthood in general, and examines their implications for strengthening literacy instruction for this population. It also discusses technologies for learning that can assist with multiple aspects of teaching, assessment,and accommodations for learning. There is inadequate knowledge about effective instructional practices and a need for better assessment and ongoing monitoring of adult students' proficiencies, weaknesses, instructional environments, and progress, which might guide instructional planning. Improving Adult Literacy Instruction recommends a program of research and innovation to validate, identify the boundaries of, and extend current knowledge to improve instruction for adults and adolescents outside school. The book is a valuable resource for curriculum developers, federal agencies such as the Department of Education, administrators, educators, and funding agencies.
Download or read book Literacy and health outcomes written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adult Illiteracy in the United States written by Carman St. John Hunter and published by New York : McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1985 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to End Our Literacy Crisis written by Bob Cleckler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your first question may be, "Do we really have a literacy crisis?" Almost every American can read at least one or two thousand simple words they learned in grade school. If that is all they can read, however, they are functionally illiterate - defined as being unable to read and write well enough to hold an above-poverty-level-wage job. An honest examination of government reports available on the internet (http://nces.ed.gov/pubs93/93275.pdf and http://nces.ed.gov/NAAL/PDF/2006470.PDF) issued in 2002 and 2006 prove that a shocking 48.7% of U.S. adults are functionally illiterate by this definition, that 31.2% of these illiterates are in poverty, and that they are more than twice as likely to be in poverty because of their illiteracy as for all other reasons combined. There are several reasons the U.S. public does not know the seriousness of the problem. One of the most important reasons is that the media does NOT present the results of these reports in a way that would show the true extent of the literacy crisis. The news media will not report on the well-hidden problem of millions of students not learning to read. How to End Our Literacy Crisis shows nine other reasons that functional illiteracy is so well-hidden. These reports were based upon the most statistically accurate and comprehensive reports of U.S. adult illiteracy ever completed. The 2002 report was from a five-year, $14 million study based upon lengthy interviews of 26,049 adults chosen by gender, ethnicity, age, and location (urban, suburban, and rural sites from twelve states across the U.S. and 1,100 prisoners from 80 prisons) to statistically represent the entire U.S. population. The studies were based upon predetermined absolute standards measuring functional literacy, and all results were confirmed by Educational Testing Service. The 2006 report, based upon a database of 19,714 U.S. adults, verified the conclusions of the 2002 report. Jonathan Kozol''s shocking 1985 book, Illiterate America, showed the serious problems that functional illiterates must endure - problems that we would consider a crisis if WE had to endure them. Functional illiteracy not only causes physical, mental, emotional, medical, and financial costs for those who are functionally illiterate, but their illiteracy also costs those of us who are literate an average of more than $5,000 per year per adult and costs U.S. businesses additional recruiting, training, and error correction costs. The proven solution is based upon the lifetime work of Dr. Frank Laubach, who is arguably the world''s foremost teacher of reading. Dr. Laubach spent almost his entire adult life teaching thousands of students to read in more than 300 languages. He prepared reading primers for 313 languages and even invented spelling systems for 200 unwritten languages. Dr. Laubach''s books revealed that he could easily teach students in 95% of the languages in which he taught to read fluently in from ONE TO TWENTY DAYS! It takes most U.S. students at least two years of instruction to begin the process of becoming fluent readers. Cleckler, in collaboration with Gary Sprunk, M.S. English Linguistics, has perfected Dr. Laubach''s teaching method. Dr. Laubach stated on page 48 of his book, Forty Years with the Silent Billion, that if we instituted his proposed solution to illiteracy in English, "...American children could be taught to read in a week." In the late-1960s Sir James Pitman verified the accuracy of Dr. Laubach''s statement with a trial study in elementary schools in both the U.S. amd the U.K. Our very real but well-hidden literacy crisis is much more serious and costly than most people realize, In addition to presenting a simple, proven solution to our literacy crisis, Cleckler''s ground-breaking book also contains a wealth of information about the English language, how the language has changed over the years, and statistics on the use of English as the most-used second-language around the world.
Download or read book Practical Guide to Functional Literacy written by Unesco and published by Paris. This book was released on 1973 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNESCO pub. Guide intended for adult education trainers on the theoretics and methodology of functional literacy training in developing countries - covers research methods, teaching methods, teacher recruitment, teacher training, etc.
Download or read book Illiteracy in America written by Gary E. McCuen and published by G E M/McCuen Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1988 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays presenting a variety of, often conflicting viewpoints concerning the problem of illiteracy and what can be done about it.
Download or read book Oversight on Illiteracy in the United States written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Report of the Task Force on Functional Illiteracy in Minnesota written by Minnesota. Office of Full Productivity and Opportunity and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Price We Pay for Illiteracy written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
