The proportion of trainee teachers failing an essential literacy test has nearly doubled since 2016, with thousands unable to put basic punctuation in a sentence, new figures reveal.

The basic literacy and numeracy assessment test, held under the Ullas Navbharat Saksharata Karykram in Thane, Maharashtra, saw participation from over 25,000 candidates, mostly women. It aimed to ...

There were two huge developments in the literacy world early this year. First, the emergence of a phonics program that could ...

The Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine, Revised (REALM-R) test and the Test of Functional ... and including basic diagrams and pictures can make the text more accessible.

Thousands of World War I soldiers couldn’t read printed directions on basic military tasks ... come off as almost poetic. One test, the Devens Literacy Test, asked recruits questions like ...

The Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE ... words such as exaggerate and disappointment or read a basic bar chart showing student results. The figures are from ...

Most Americans would flunk a basic tax literacy quiz. In fact, about 61% of those surveyed by TaxFoundation.org did not known or were unsure of even the most basic tax concepts with regards to ...

The proportion of trainee teachers failing an essential literacy test has nearly doubled since 2016, with thousands of graduates unable to put basic punctuation in a sentence, new figures reveal.

According to reports, a total 1,17,761 neo-literates have cleared the examination conducted last month and are now certified as literates. Of them, 36,422 are male and 81,339 are female. Another ...

The basic literacy rate among those five years old and older Filipinos was estimated at 90%, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported, citing data from latest survey results. According to ...

On average, U.S. adults correctly answered just 48% of the index’s basic money questions. Here's why financial literacy remains low, which communities are most affected and how to address the gap.