David, The test was administered to College Graduates, not high school or just our Joe off the street. I find it shocking that college graduates of any race or group would score this low.
Sam Young CIO La Sierra University > Andy and others, > > Thanks for posting this. > > It is important to note that the interpretation that NCES -- which > released the study -- gives to the decline in literacy for Hispanics > is increased immigration by Hispanic adults who may not speak English > or who may have had little schooling in their country of origin. > > There are some other findings worth noting: > > 1) Overall : No significant increases in U.S. adult literacy from > 1992-2003. > 2) Quantitative literacy skills are higher. > 3) The results show a strong correlation between literacy and > education level attainment > 4) As literacy increases so does the % of the population which is > fully employed (Of course this would also depend on the economy.) > 5) Median weekly earnings also go up with higher literacy levels. > > David J. Rosen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Dec 16, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Andy Carvin wrote: > >> From the NY Times... -andy >> >> Literacy level falls for US college graduates >> >> The average American college graduate's literacy in English >> declined significantly over the past decade, according to results >> of a nationwide test released yesterday. The National Assessment of >> Adult Literacy, given in 2003 by the Department of Education, is >> the nation's most important test of how well adult Americans can >> read. The test also found steep declines in the English literacy of >> Hispanics in the United States, and significant increases among >> blacks and Asians. >> >> When the test was last administered, in 1992, 40 percent of the >> nation's college graduates scored at the proficient level, meaning >> that they were able to read lengthy, complex English texts and draw >> complicated inferences. But on the 2003 test, only 31 percent of >> the graduates demonstrated those high-level skills. There were 26.4 >> million college graduates. >> >> <snip> >> >> Among blacks and Asians, English literacy increased from 1992 to >> 2003. About 29 percent of blacks scored at either the intermediate >> or proficient levels in 1992, but in 2003, those rose to 33 >> percent. The percentage of blacks demonstrating "below basic" >> literacy declined to 24 percent from 30 percent. Asians scoring at >> either the intermediate or proficient levels rose to 54 percent >> from 45 percent in 1992. >> >> The same period saw big declines in Hispanics' English reading >> skills. In 1992, 35 percent of Hispanics demonstrated "below basic" >> English literacy, but by 2003 that segment had swelled to 44 >> percent. And at the higher-performing end of the literacy scale, >> the proportion of Hispanics demonstrating intermediate or >> proficient English skills dropped to 27 percent from 33 percent in >> 1992. >> >> <snip> >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/education/16literacy.html >> >> >> -- >> ----------------------------------- >> Andy Carvin >> Program Director >> EDC Center for Media & Community >> acarvin @ edc . org >> http://www.digitaldivide.net >> http://katrina05.blogspot.com >> Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com >> ----------------------------------- >> _______________________________________________ >> DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list >> DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org >> http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide >> To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of >> the message. > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
