Literacy Reports & Statistics

General

America’s Most Literate Cities, CCSU

2017: U.S. Trends in Arts Attendance and Literary Reading: 2002–2017, NEA

2016: Book Reading 2016, Pew

2013: Remodeling Literacy Learning, Natl Center for Literacy Education (NCLE)

2012: Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options Practice Research, NAS

2007: To Read Not To Read, NEA

2004: Reading At Risk, NEA

Grants & Funding

Nationwide List of Funding Opportunities by Deadline Date, NCFL

Adult

2020: Assessing the Economic Gains of Eradicating Illiteracy Nationally & Regionally

in the United States, Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

2020: US Skills Map: State & County Indicators of Adult Literacy & Numeracy, NCES

2019: Literacy Gap Map, Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

2019: Adult Literacy in the United States, NCES 2019-179

2013: OECD Skills Outlook 2013: First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills, OECD

2009: Literacy of America's Least Literate Adults, NAAL 2003

2006: Literacy of America's College Students, AIR

2007: Literacy in Everyday Life, NAAL 2003

2003: National Assessment of Adult Literacy, NAAL

2000: Programs for Adults in Public Library Outlets, USDE, NCES

1992: National Adult Literacy Survey, NALS

State Reports

2017: Indiana Adult Literacy Study, Community Solutions Inc. for Indiana Library Federation

Children

Kids and Family Reading Report, Scholastic

Kids Count Data Center, Annie E. Casey Foundation

National/State Report Cards – Reading, NCES

State of Preschool, NIEER

2018: Education Leader’s Guide to Reading Growth, Renaissance

2018: READ•FOR•SUCCESS: Combating the Summer Learning Slide in America, RIF

2009: Developing Early Literacy, National Early Literacy Panel - NIFL

2003: The Early Catastrophe: The 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3, American Educator

Financial

Financial Literacy Survey, NFCC

General Literacy Surveys, Jumpstart

2016: S&P Global Financial Literacy Survey, George Washington Univ School of Business

2016: State-by-State Financial Capability Survey, FINRA

Health

Quick Guide to Health Literacy and Older Adults, US Dept of Health & Human Services

2019: Health Literacy in the 50 States, Health IQ (an Insurance Co.)

2018: How Health Literacy Got Started, Helen Osborne

2017: Hidden Cost of Healthcare System Complexity, Accenture

2015: Health Literacy & Patient Engagement, 12th Annual Report, US HHS Sep 2015

2011: Health Literacy Interventions Outcomes: Updated Systematic Rvw, AHRQ

2010: Health Literacy, NNLM

2010: Health Literacy: Accurate Accessible Actionable Health Info. for All, CDC

2009: Reaching America’s Health Potential Among Adults, RWJ Foundation

2009: Low Health Literacy, NAAL 2003

2004: Literacy and Health in America, ETS

Prison

2016: Highlights-US PIAAC Survey of Incarcerated Adults: Their Skills, Work Experience, Education, and Training, NCES Number: 2016040

2013: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education, Rand
2013: Saving Futures, Saving Dollars: The Impact of Education on Crime Reduction and Earnings; Alliance for Excellent Education

2011: Correctional Education, OVAE

2010: Prison Count, PEW

2009: One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections, PEW

2006: Locked Up Locked Out: Educational Perspective on US Prison Population, ETS

2003: Literacy Behind Bars, NAAL 2003

2003: Education And Correctional Populations, BJS

1994: Literacy Behind Prison Walls, NCES

Workplace

2019: Global Skills Index, Coursera

2018: Three Education Pathways To Good Jobs, Georgetown

2018: A Stronger Nation: Learning beyond high school builds American talent, Lumina

2017: UpSkilling Playbook for Employers, Aspen Institute

2015: Skills Gap Report, NAM-MI

2008: Reach Higher America: Overcoming Crisis in the U.S. Workforce, NCAL

2007: America’s Perfect Storm, ETS

2007: Can California Import Enough College Grad's. Meet Workforce Needs?, PPIC

2007: Mounting Pressures: Workforce . . . Adult Ed, NCAL

International

Ongoing

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, PIRLS

Program for International Student Assessment,  PISA

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, PIAAC

2019: Economic & Social Cost of Illiteracy: A snapshot of illiteracy . . . World Literacy Foundation

2017: Literacy Rates Continue to Rise . . . , UNESCO Fact Sheet No. 45:

2016: Human Development Index, UNDP

2015: *Economic & Social Cost of Illiteracy: A snapshot of illiteracy . . . World Literacy Foundation

2012: Economic & Social Cost of Illiteracy: A snapshot of illiteracy . . . World Literacy Foundation

2006: Literacy for Life, Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO

2003-12: Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE), UNESCO