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by dghlsakjg 150 days ago
Studies consistently find about 20% of Americans are functionally illiterate, depending on what is meant by functionally illiterate. Typically this means that they can read, but frequently cannot grasp the meaning of what they read.

The US is actually pretty illiterate compared to peer countries.

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Higher than I expected although I’m not totally surprised given the US educational system.