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Literacy in the United States

Barbara Bush and a young girl, seated next to each other in a room full of people and smiling at each other
First Lady Barbara Bush with New York City school children at the UNESCO International Literacy Day celebration in 1989 (the same year that the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy was launched)

Adult literacy in the United States is assessed through national and international studies conducted by various government agencies and private research organizations. The most recent comprehensive data comes from a 2023 study conducted by the Department of Educations National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as part of the OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies.[1]

In 2023, 28% of adults scored at or below Level 1, 29% at Level 2, and 44% at Level 3 or above.[1] Adults scoring in the lowest levels of literacy increased 9 percentage points between 2017 and 2023. In 2017, 19% of U.S. adults achieved a Level 1 or below in literacy while 48% achieved the highest levels.[2]

Anything below Level 3 is considered "partially illiterate" (see also § Definitions below).[3] Adults scoring below Level 1 can comprehend simple sentences and short paragraphs with minimal structure but will struggle with multi-step instructions or complex sentences, while those at Level 1 can locate explicitly cued information in short texts, lists, or simple digital pages with minimal distractions but will struggle with multi-page texts and complex prose.[4] In general, both groups struggle reading complex sentences, texts requiring multiple-step processing, and texts with distractions.[4]

A 2020 analysis by Gallup in conjunction with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy estimated that the U.S. economic output could increase by $2.2 trillion annually—approximately 10% of the national GDP—if all adults were at Level 3.[5]

  1. ^ a b Highlights of the 2023 U.S. PIAAC Results (Report). Washington, DC: United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. 2024. Archived from the original on January 2, 2025.
  2. ^ Highlights of the 2017 U.S. PIAAC Results (Report). United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. 2017. Archived from the original on January 9, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  3. ^ Nietzel, Michael T. (September 9, 2020). "Low Literacy Levels Among U.S. Adults Could Be Costing The Economy $2.2 Trillion A Year". Forbes. Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "What PIAAC Measures". National Center for Education Statistics. United States Department of Education. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  5. ^ Rothwell, Jonathan (September 8, 2020). Assessing the Economic Gains of Eradicating Illiteracy Nationally and Regionally in the United States (PDF) (Report). Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and Gallup. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2025.

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