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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