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Literacy
ONE OUT OF FOUR ADULTS
(17 to 21 million people)
READ AT A 4TH GRADE LEVEL
OR CAN’T READ!
NUMBER OF 17 YEAR OLDS WHO
ARE FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE.
44
NUMBER OF MINORITY YOUTHS
ARE FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE.
Functional illiteracy is a term used
to describe reading and writing
skills that are inadequate "to
manage daily living and
employment tasks that require
reading skills beyond a basic level."
3 OUT OF 10 EIGHT-GRADERS MEET
READING PROFICIENCY.
How to
Help
Read with
your child
5 times
per week.
Surround
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VISIT THE LIBRARY
SET
LIMITS
Let
THEM
read to
you.
Highlights, Nintendo, Animal Babies
SHARE WHAT YOU ARE READING
REWARD
FOR READING
READ
READ
READ
85
PERCENTAGE OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS
HAVE PROBLEMS WITH
ILLITERACY.
CAN’T READ
WHAT CHOICES DO YOU HAVE?
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Editor's Notes

  1. 1 out of 5 adults is illiterate.
  2. 13% of American adults 20 or over do not read at all or below the fourth grade level.
  3. 13% of all 17 year olds are functionally illiterate
  4. 44% of minority youths are functionally illiterate.
  5. 3 out of 10 eight-graders meet current standards for reading proficiency.
  6. Get them a magazine of their interest.
  7. Read the newspaper together
  8. Be a good example
  9. 85% of all juvenile offenders have problems with illiteracy.
  10. World wide Problem