Literacy in the United States

Business Productivity Hampered by Low Data Literacy

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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Employers can increase their efficiency and grasp new opportunities by improving data literacy skills in the workforce.

Key Points: 
  • Employers can increase their efficiency and grasp new opportunities by improving data literacy skills in the workforce.
  • In a new report , Questionmark , the online assessment provider, warns that without strong data literacy, organizations will struggle to make sense of the wealth of available data.
  • But to ensure the best decisions are made from available data sources, employees at every level must be data literate.
  • Regular skills tests can give employers a clear read on data literacy across the workforce.

One Million Adult Learners Nationwide to Receive Free Mobile Literacy and Work Readiness Courses

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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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"I am profoundly grateful to our literacy-leading partners for enabling Cell-Ed to launch this Challenge to reach, teach, and support one million always-striving adult learners."

Key Points: 
  • "I am profoundly grateful to our literacy-leading partners for enabling Cell-Ed to launch this Challenge to reach, teach, and support one million always-striving adult learners."
  • The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy has been the nation's leading advocate for family literacy for more than three decades.
  • The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is proud to support initiatives that help others improve their lives through literacy and education.
  • To learn more about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation or apply for a literacy grant, visit www.dgliteracy.org .

American 15-year-old students show no progress since 2012 in learning financial literacy skills

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Thursday, May 7, 2020
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The score for U.S. students was unchanged since the last time the financial literacy assessment was conducted in 2015 and since the first financial literacy assessment in 2012.

Key Points: 
  • The score for U.S. students was unchanged since the last time the financial literacy assessment was conducted in 2015 and since the first financial literacy assessment in 2012.
  • U.S. White and Asian students scored higher than the country's average, and black and Hispanic students scored below the U.S. average.
  • In 2018, 20 education systems participated in the PISA financial literacy assessment, 13 of which were OECD members.
  • It was not measurably different from the U.S. average score from the previous financial literacy assessment (2015) or the first financial literacy assessment (2012).

No Improvement in American Adults' Literacy, Numeracy, or Digital Problem-Solving Skills, According to New Report From the National Center for Education Statistics

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Friday, November 15, 2019
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Twenty-nine percent of American adults performed at the lowest level for numeracy on a major international study, according to a new report released today by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

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  • Twenty-nine percent of American adults performed at the lowest level for numeracy on a major international study, according to a new report released today by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
  • These results are another signal that many Americans struggle with the most basic of math skills, said NCES Associate Commissioner Peggy Carr.
  • PIAAC assesses adult skills in three domainsliteracy, numeracy, and digital problem solvingand collects information on adults education, work experience, and other background factors.
  • And digital problem solving means the ability to access and interpret information in digital environments to perform practical tasks.