Uncover the Surprising States Where Adult Literacy Rates Defy Expectations—Is Your State on the List?
Improving Literacy Rates
What can we do with this data? Ideally, it would inform adult education programs that would seek to increase skills with demonstrable effects on quality of life. “People who have literacy and numeracy skills at lower levels often must develop alternative strategies for obtaining and acting on the information they need,” Jeff Fantine, executive director of the National Coalition for Literacy, told ProLiteracy. “When they take advantage of adult education to improve their skills, their self-efficacy increases because they are able to handle such tasks independently. But often these adults are not aware of educational opportunities that are available to them, so we must increase awareness of, expand access to, and build capacity for adult education.”
Is there any correlation between PIAAC’s assessments and a ranking of the states based on their education programs? Not quite. A U.S. News and World Report ranking put New Jersey, Florida, Colorado, Utah, and Massachusetts in the top five.
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