"More Americans are getting college degrees than they were about a decade ago, but skills in reading and analyzing data among the well-educated have dropped significantly, according to a national report on literacy released Thursday.
When adults with higher-education degrees were asked to compare the viewpoints in two newspaper editorials, for example, or interpret a table about blood pressure, less than half could do it successfully."
Great. Should give the people harping about the US being a wonderful place, something to think about.
Of course, I hope I would do better at reading comprehension than an above-mentioned illiterate - but you never know.
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