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It is esti mated that the cost of illiteracy to
business and the taxpayer is
$20 billion per year
Source: Literacy Statistics Reference Information, McQuillan, 1998
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There are almost half a million words in our English
language – The largest language on earth, incidentally – but a third of all our writingis made up of only 22 words…
Source: Paul Kropp “The Reading Solution”
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%Question:How many high school graduates never read another book the rest of their lives?
A. 10%B. 25%C. 33%D. 40%
%Answer:How many high school graduates never read another book the rest of their lives?
A. 10%B. 25%C. 33%D. 40%
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Approximately 50% of the nation’s unemployed youth age 16-21 are functional illiterate, with virtually no prospects of obtaining good jobs.
Source: U.S. Department of HealthAnd Human Services
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IN A CLASS OF 20 STUDENTS,FEW IF ANY TEACHERS CAN FIND EVEN 5 MINUTES OFTIME IN A DAY TO DEVOTETO READING WITH EACH
STUDENT.
Source: Reading Statistics Reference Information – Adams, 2002
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More than 20% of adults readat or below 5th grade level – far below the level needed
to earn a living wage.
Source: National Institute for Literacy, Fast Facts on Literacy, 2001
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Out-of-school reading habitsOf students has shown thatEven 15 minutes a day of Independent reading canExpose students to more
Than a million words of textIn a year…
Source: Reading Statistics Reference Information Anderson, Wilson, & Fielding, 1998
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21 million Americans can’tread at all, 45 million are
marginally illiterate and 1/5of high school graduates
can’t read their diplomas.
Source: Department of Justice, 1993
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%Question:How does the United States rank among the top 20 high income countries in composite (document, prose, and quantitative) literacy?
A. 1st
B. 5th C. 12th D. 19th
%Answer:How does the United States rank among the top 20 high income countries in composite (document, prose, and quantitative) literacy?
A. 1st
B. 5th C. 12th D. 19th
Source: Literacy Statistics Reference InformationAccording to a separate report released by the Educational Testing Service.
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To participate fully in society andthe workplace in 2020,
citizens will need powerful literacy abilities that until nowhave been achieved by only a
small percentage of thepopulation.
Source: National Council on Teachers of English Standards for the English Language Arts
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