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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 2005
Page
4
A federal study shows about 11 million adults in the United States cannot read English well enough for everyday tasks. From 1992 to 2003 progress stalled in literacy, while math skills improved only to the level of simple daily activities.
The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy shows about 30 million adults with below basic prose skills and 7 million not literate in English. It notes gains for Black adults, declines for Hispanics, and broad disparities in access to education and reading support across the U.S. education system.
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