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*54% of Americans read at or below a sixth grade level.

I call that a national shame. Donald Trump calls that his base.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220281330

4. The same people who will do their own research

We're doomed.

16. The U.S. ranks 125th in literacy -- You could have looked it up yourself but here ya go:

This claim is true, according to a review of the U.S. education system that was conducted in September 2020. Let's explore.

A Gallup analysis published in March 2020 looked at data collected by the U.S. Department of Education in 2012, 2014, and 2017. It found that 130 million adults in the country have low literacy skills, meaning that more than half (54%) of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level, according to a piece published in 2022 by APM Research Lab.

The 2020 Gallup estimates were part of an economic analysis that used literacy rates to determine missed and potential financial gains. It was based on data from an international assessment of adult skills called the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) and the U.S. Department of Education. The analysis combined individual PIAAC data from 2012 to 2017 to create and publish estimated literacy levels for every county in the U.S.

"The U.S. Department of Education combined assessment data from three sample waves (2012, 2014 and 2017), using data from 12,330 respondents living in 185 counties. The research team then modelled the literacy scores, which means they gathered a large amount of data about each respondent and his or her county to predict that respondent's literacy score," read the report.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/]