About 8 million working age adults have 'below-functional' numeracy skills and about 5 million have 'below-functional' literacy skills in England. England and Northern Ireland score particularly badly ...

MARAWI CITY (PIA)–Literacy is a powerful tool against poverty. One of the objectives of the Childhood Rescue Project is to assist its partners in developing and contextualizing tools that can identify ...

Enticing young people to read will require a concerted effort by parents, carers, teachers and public intellectuals to ...

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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty-nine percent of American adults performed at the lowest level for numeracy on a major international study, according to a new report released today by the National ...

Foundational learning, the ability to read, write, and do basic math, is the bedrock of every child's education. This is not ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Literacy and numeracy are under the spotlight as Aotearoa New Zealand grapples with how to improve student performance in these basic skills. At the beginning of 2023, the government rolled out its ...

An analysis of national literacy and numeracy tests has found that four out of every 10 Aboriginal students sitting the tests are failing them. The free market Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), ...

One in five Australians, or three-million adults, have low literacy or numeracy skills, and it can have a big impact on how ...