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[Judy Hallman <hallman AT email.unc.edu>]

Alan MacHett wrote:


> wow. that's some telling shit.  Nearly 20% of the US doesn't have a high
> school diploma!? 

See the bottom of http://www.wakeliteracy.org/ --

>  Literacy skills are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with Level 5 reflecting 
> the highest skills and Level 1, the lowest. Generally, those adults who score 
> at Level 1 have difficulty performing such everyday tasks as locating an 
> intersection on a street map, reading and comprehending a short newspaper 
> article, or calculating total costs on an order form.
>
>      According to the Adult Literacy Estimates based on the 1990 U.S. Census, 17% of Wake County's population is at "Level 1." Based on a population in Wake County of 335,891 adults, 57,101 adults are at Level 1. 


Judy Hallman (hallman AT rtpnet.org, http://www.rtpnet.org/hallman)
Executive Director, RTPnet, NC (http://www.RTPnet.org/)