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Download full textHarris (Louis) and Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1970
This study by Louis Harris and Associates was designed to determine the percentage of Americans lacking the functional or practical reading skills necessary to survive in this country. A test on reading and filling out application forms indicated that from 4.3 million to 18.5 million Americans are functionally illiterate. The average range of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading, Illiteracy
Grebelsky, Ora – 1971
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a study about the world's illiteracy. The writer recalls that the gap between underdeveloped and industrial nations is particularly wide in the field of education. About two fifths of the world's adult population, nearly 800 million people are unable to read or write. The…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
