Information on adult literacy in the UK and our programmes

June 21, 2023 - Newly released data from national test scores in reading and math show a worrisome picture of student learning loss since the pandemic.

April 25, 2017 - Although most citizens of the U.S. are high school graduates, relatively fewer hold bachelor's and advanced degrees.

July 23, 2020 - Living in the modern world requires all kinds of skills. Literacy is necessary for many of those skills, linked to education, career success, and navigating society and the world with […]

December 2, 2023 - Student reading scores are up at 75 of California's worst-performing schools, thanks to a targeted program.

Childhood is an important time for healthy development, learning, and establishing the foundations for future wellbeing. Most Australian children are healthy, safe and doing well. However...

July 5, 2024 - Literacy is one of the major civil rights issues of our time. Our children’s future—and our nation’s democracy—depends on us addressing this crisis now.

As a whole, the world has a very high literacy rate, but the literacy rate in countries around the world varies greatly. While the global average literacy rate overall is 86.81%, some countries have a rate that is much lower than that.

Overall change in average scores between 1992 and 2003.

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May 23, 2024 - 48% of adult Canadians have literacy skills that fall below a high school level, which negatively affects their ability to function at work and in their personal lives.

June 24, 2024 - Illiteracy affects a person’s ability to fully contribute to the world around them. About 18% of the US adult population is functionally illiterate.

June 30, 2023 - Child illiteracy damages childhood development and has high societal costs. Discover how parents, teachers, and social workers can help improve child literacy.

June 28, 2024 - Discover the power of literacy rates by country, the gender divide, and strategies for improvement. Unlock the potential of education worldwide.

Explore the NAEP reading assessment, sample questions for literary and informational texts, and academic achievement results from The Nation's Report Card.

Education Data Release – September 2023 New education data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) released this week track country progress towards Sustainable Development Goal objectives for education (SDG 4). The UIS has been reporting education data since its founding in 1999.

February 23, 2022 - The following lists statistics regarding literacy and aliteracy from a variety of authoritative sources: “The shares of American 9- and 13-year-olds who say they read for fun on an almost daily basis have dropped from nearly a decade ago and are at the lowest levels since at least the mid-1980s, ...

Key indicators on all levels of education, labor force outcomes, and international comparisons that summarize important developments and trends using the latest statistics.

Being able to read and write opens up the world of education and knowledge. When and why did more people become literate? How can progress continue?