This data is incredible. I cannot believe how the most powerful/richest/most influential country in the world has these kinds of numbers. I notice that it tends to follow a standard distribution but even then, I was expecting the window to be more towards highly educated.
This is so depressing. I have been wondering for a while as to why ~40 percent of the country rarely if ever votes in elections. This might help to explain it.
This also shows that technology people are amassing an unbelievable amount of power in their knowledge of how these systems work and operate given that the masses don't know how to weld that knowledge.
Note that most countries report only basic literacy rates, not functional literacy levels.[1] The apparent poor performance of the US here is largely a function of its own investigation and reporting of of the full extent of literacy.
Note too that lack of English literacy is pronounced in regions with a high immigrant or migrant workforce and population. Illiteracy can exceed 30% amongst Texas counties bordering on Mexico in particular. It's possible that many of those testing with no English proficiency are at least somewhat literate in Spanish or other languages.
But you're mostly confirming my earlier statement: you very likely overestimate typical technological literacy.
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Notes:
1. That I'm aware of. If anyone has references on comprehensive functional literacy assessments elsewhere than the US, I'd appreciate it. I've not found any on a somewhat cursory search.
This is so depressing. I have been wondering for a while as to why ~40 percent of the country rarely if ever votes in elections. This might help to explain it.
This also shows that technology people are amassing an unbelievable amount of power in their knowledge of how these systems work and operate given that the masses don't know how to weld that knowledge.