minus-squareskyler@lemmy.worldtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•New Literacy Statistics Just Dropped, and it's grim. 50% of Americans read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labelslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·1 day ago To determine how many prison beds will be needed in future years, some states actually base part of their projection on how well current elementary students are performing on reading tests Wow. That’s depressing. linkfedilink
Wow. That’s depressing.