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Useful links:
National
Family Literacy Month-November 2002
National Center for Family
Literacy
Kentucky Department
of Education
National Education Association
Kentucky Education Television
Kentucky Adult Education
& Literacy |
State
of Kentucky Literacy Statistics
- 340,000
Kentucky adults lack the minimal literacy skills
needed to function in the workplace.
- 656,000
Kentucky adults have low levels of literacy
skills that will impede their personal advancement.
In
Warren County:
- 20,365
adults of working age are at literacy levels
1 – 2 (minimal to no reading skills)
- 6,936
adults have less than 9th grade education
- 6,479
adults with less than 9 – 12th grade education
Source: Kentucky Adult Literacy
Survey conducted by the Kentucky Department of
Adult Education
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