60% of Americans aged 16-25 are 'functionally illiterate'
" . . . the April 2001 OECD report stated "60% of Americans aged 16-25 are 'functionally illiterate', meaning that when it came to, say, filling in a form they were stumped - - and that on the simple numerical (reading a timetable, etc.) test they scored at the bottom of all industrial nations." - The Economist, 14 July 2001, pg. 84."
" . . . the relationship between education quality (SAT scores) and education spending per student is worse than 34 years ago - 71% worse. Despite rapidly rising inflation-adjusted spending per student over this period SAT scores declined. As a result, education productivity fell 71% . . ."
Grandfather Education Report --
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/education.htm
" . . . the April 2001 OECD report stated "60% of Americans aged 16-25 are 'functionally illiterate', meaning that when it came to, say, filling in a form they were stumped - - and that on the simple numerical (reading a timetable, etc.) test they scored at the bottom of all industrial nations." - The Economist, 14 July 2001, pg. 84."
" . . . the relationship between education quality (SAT scores) and education spending per student is worse than 34 years ago - 71% worse. Despite rapidly rising inflation-adjusted spending per student over this period SAT scores declined. As a result, education productivity fell 71% . . ."
Grandfather Education Report --
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/education.htm