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Twenty-one (21%) of adults function at the lowest level of literacy. This means that approximately 45 million adults in the United States lack the basic skills to read and understand a note from their child's teacher, read a recipe, a newspaper article, instructions on a medicine bottle, or a voting ballot.

Information from the National Center for Education Statistics of the
U. S. Department of Education (NALS Study 1994)

What Does It Mean to Be at the Lowest Level of Literacy? Let's look at the chart on the following page.





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This web-based training program was developed by the State of Florida Adult Basic Education Committee of the Practitioners' Task Force, through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education.

Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this web-based training component, it is not an official publication of the Florida Department of Education.