Media Coverage of the NAAL Release Found by ProLiteracy Worldwide

Here is a list of media coverage of the NAAL release found by ProLiteracy Worldwide. Many of the links to these articles are no longer available; however, you can search the individual publication's archives for copies of some articles. ProLiteracy Worldwide has hard copies of the articles and can provide a copy via fax if required.

12/15/2005:

• “Austin's literacy rate high, but not 100 percent” News8 Austin (TX)
  
• “Study: 11m U.S. Adults Can't Read English” The Daily Northern Virginia
  
• “Missouri Adults Stand Out on New National Assessment of Literacy” Missouri Dept. Elementary & Secondary Education
  
• “Study: 11m U.S. Adults Can't Read English” SFGate (San Francisco)
  
• “ALA responds to national adult literacy study” ALA Media Relations, Larra Clark
  
• “Family Literacy Program Targeting Hispanics Prove Successful” Louisville, KY Hispanic Business
  
• “New Report on Adult Literacy Levels Shows Need for High School Reform” www.Ed.gov, Washington D.C.
  
• “Study: 11m U.S. Adults Can't Read English” Washington Post
  
• “Federal Report finds mixed results on Adult Literacy” Education Week
  
• “Study: 11 Million in U.S. Illiterate in English” Fox News
  
• “Study: 1 in 20 Can't Read English” CBS News
  
• “Report Touts Hispanic Financial Counseling” Newsday
  
• “Study: 11m U.S. Adults Can't Read English” Newsday
  
• “No advances made in adult literacy, study says” CNN
  
• “Study Shows Millions of American Adults Continue to Lack Basic Literacy Skills” Florida Literacy Coalition

12/16/2005:

• “Report: Bay State scores higher in literacy” MetroWest Daily News (MA)
  
• “Importing Illiteracy?” Investors Business Daily
  
• “Adult literacy levels in America aren't increasing, a study finds” St. Louis Post Dispatch
  
• “11 million in U.S. can't read English” Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  
• “U.S. study finds puzzling stagnation in English literacy” Philadelphia Inquirer
  
• “Hispanic literacy in U.S. shows troubling signs” Houston Chronicle
  
• “1 in 20 U.S. adults can't understand this: NJ Star Ledger
  
• “Study: 11million adults in the US lack English Skills to do basic tasks” The Seattle Times
  
• “No improvement seen in adult literacy Federal study finds” The Boston Globe
  
• “11 million adults in U.S. not literate in English” Chicago Sun-Times
  
• “1 in 20 Americans is Not Literate, a National Survey Suggests” LA Times
  
• “Better educated but less literate” Baltimore Sun
  
• “Study: 11m U.S. Adults Can't Read English” Salon Media Group San Francisco
  
• “Literacy Findings” The Standard-Times, Southcoast Today
  
• “Troubling Numbers on literacy” 6 News WLNS (Lansing, MI)
  
• “Study: Millions not literate in English” Detroit Free Press
  
• “U.S. Literacy Rate is little changed from 1992” Wall Street Journal
  
• “Literacy Falls for Graduates from College, testing finds” NY Times
  
• “Survey finds 1 in 20 lack basic English skills” USA Today
  
• “11 million Adults Illiterate, Study Shows” ABC news
  
• “11 million U.S. adults can't read in English” The Buffalo News
  
• “Millions in U.S. can barely read English” Montgomery Adviser
  
• “Graduated but not Literate” Inside Higher Ed
  
• “See Spot run' befuddles fewer Americans” The Christian Science Monitor
  
• “Illiteracy remains a problem in the U.S.” Madison, WI
  
• “No Improvement in Americans Literacy, Officials Report” Axcess News Washington D.C.
  
• “Study Finds Literacy Rates NOT Improving” WZZM 13 ABC
  
• “NCES Study Shows 11 Million Adults Nonliterate in English” American Library Association

12/17/2005:

• “If you can read this, there's a future 4 u” The Indianapolis Star editorial

12/18/05:

• “Report: Hispanics lag behind in literacy” The Advocate (CT)
  
• “College graduates’ cognitive skills sink” The Detroit News

12/19/2005:

• “And low reading scores for the adults, too” Journal & Courier (IN)
  
• “Study: 23 million adults in U.S. can't read” The News Journal (DE)
  
• “Missouri Adults Stand Out on New National Assessment of Literacy” infoZine
  
• “Illiterate” The Post & Courier, Charleston (SC)
  
• “Study: Degrees Up, Skills Down” The Cincinnati Post
  
• “Low US literacy rate costs billions” The Financial Express (Bloomberg)
  
• “A question of Literacy” Lompo Record
  
• “Erosion of literacy in America must be tackled and reversed” Morning Journal, Cleveland

12/21/05:

• “How Should the Scale of Need for Adult Literacy Provision be Determined?” NALD
  
• “NCES releases results of adult literacy survey” Kingsport Times-News (TN)
  
• “Nashville Group Battling to Improve Staggering Illiteracy Rate” Newschannel 5, Nashville
  
• “Many N.Y. Grads Can't Read This” NY Post
  
• Adult Literacy radio forum broadcast on KQED, Public Broadcasting Northern California: click here for KQED
  
• “Literacy Levels of Kentucky Adults Comparable to Those in Other States, Study Says” ChallengerNKY.com (KY)

12/22/05:

• “Family Literacy Programs Targeting Hispanics Prove Successful While Bridging the Learning Gap Still Needs Concerted Effort, Attention” National Center for Family Literacy
  
• “NAAL Reports find 30 Millions Adults At ‘Below Basic’ Levels of Literacy” Report on Literacy Programs

12/25/05:

• “Literacy of College Graduates is on Decline” Washington Post

12/26/05:

• “A Dixie contradiction: great literature, illiteracy” The Post and Courier (Charleston.net)

12/27/05:

• “A more literate America” Charlotte Observer (NC)

12/29/05:

• “Adult Literacy Study Sounds an Alarm” VOA News (voanews.com)
  
• “More get degrees, but fewer get educated” Arizona Daily Star (azstarnet.com)
  
• “Reading this editorial is a test, of sorts” The Christian Science Monitor (csmonitor.com)

12/30/05:

• “Literacy rates should ignite outrage over nation’s future” MercuryNews.com

12/31/05:

• “A scary trend in adult literacy” The Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com)

1/1/06:

• “Schools chief recommends resolutions to learn more” (FortWayne.com)
  
• “If you can read this, count yourself lucky” The Republican (MassLive.com)

1/2/06:

• “No excuse for college grads to read poorly” The Journal Star (journalstar.com)
  - “U.S. Adults Make Few Gains in Reading Skills Since 1992” Education Report (voanews.com)

1/3/06:

• “Adult New Yorkers below national literacy mark” Newsday
  
• “State adults lagging in literacy, survey says” The Post-Standard (Syracuse.com) (NY)
  
• “Poor reading skills hamper Tennessee economy” Kingsport Times-News (timesnews.net)
  
• “A nation of boobs: U.S. literacy in decline” The News Tribune (thenewstribune.com)

1/4/06:

• “If you’re able to read this, you can count literacy among your blessings” The Ithaca Journal (theithacajournal.com)

1/5/06:

• “State Superintendent O’Connell Comments on Release of National Report on Adult Literacy” California Dept. of Education (cde.ca.gov)
  - “Shortage of workers looms, says Chamber” The Buffalo News (NY)

1/6/06:

• “New Yorkers need to improve literacy” The Saratogian (saratogian.com)
  
• “We need to slow down and become readers again” The Seattle Times(seattletimes.nwsource.com)

1/8/06:

• “The Price Tag of Literacy” The Ledger (theledger.com)
  
• “Confederacy of dunces: American literacy slides” The Union Leader (theunionleader.com)

1/10/06:

• “The embarrassing rate of declining student literacy” The GSU Signal (gsusignal.com)
  
• “An important word – if Johnny can read it” Mobile Register (al.com)

1/12/06:

• “Dumbing down a college education” op-ed by Michael Kryzanek, The Boston Globe
  
• “It Takes Government to Create a Reading Crisis” op-ed by Sheldon Richman, Baltimore Chronicle (baltimorechronicle.com)
  
• “College illiteracy stuns educators” op-ed by Samuel Blumenfled, World Net Daily (worldnetdaily.com)

1/13/06:

• “Kentucky grannies lead fight against illiteracy” (abcnews.go.com)

1/16/06:

• “Reading deficit” The Boston Globe (boston.com)
  
• “Literacy: Words count” OECD Observer (oecdobserver.org)