The U.S. faces a growing literacy crisis, with data from 2017 to 2023 showing a rise in adults with low literacy skills from 19% to 28%. Despite being an economic powerhouse, the nation ranks 36th ...
data from the National Center of Education Statistics shows. In 2024, 21 percent of adults in the U.S. were found to be illiterate, while 54 percent of adults had a literacy below a sixth grade ...
Japan ranked either first or second in all three categories—literacy, numeracy and adaptive problem-solving skills—of an international survey of adult skills. The Organization for Economic ...