3. THE UNITED STATES
• 50% of adults cannot read a book at the 8th grade level.
• 45 million people are functionally illiterate and read below the 5th grade
level.
• 44% Americans don’t even read a single book in a year.
• 6 out of 10 households do not buy a single book in a year
• Research by the Academic Performance Index, In 2007 57% of students
failed the California Standards test in English.
• 6 million students in California education system
• 25% are unable to perform basic reading skills
4.
5. LOS ANGELES TO KERN COUNTY
According to the L.A. Workforce Literacy Project, Los Angeles County is
the 17th largest economy in the world
Low-literacy rates reached 65% on the Eastside and 84% in South of
Los Angeles.
10 million people leaving there according to the 2012 US census.
According to the New York Times, state construction employment grew
by 5%. Also the cost of living is about 88% difference according to
numbeo.
1out of 4 children grow up not knowing how to read in Kern County.