Only 38% can read and we are 7th?!!----Americans Don’t Read… and That’s Affecting Our Elections | Intellectual Takeout

Americans Don’t Read… and That’s Affecting Our Elections | Intellectual Takeout"
In 2013, the Nation’s Report Card showed that only 38% of high school seniors were proficient in reading. 
With scores like that, the U.S. isn’t likely to earn the “most literate country” award any time soon.
So what is America’s international literacy ranking?
According to The Washington Post, the U.S. places seventh behind Nordic countries such as Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
Such a score is obtained by looking at newspaper circulation and readership, library availability, education access, reading scores, and computer usage in each nation..."
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