Do You Know the Facts About Literacy?


The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) was conducted 2011-2012 and included the U.S. along with a number of other countries. A second round in just the U.S. was conducted 2013-2014. The PIAAC name is what I was blanking on – the IALS is much older.

  • 2012/2014 results – changes in scores between the IALS, AL, and PIAAC are in a graph at the bottom
  • Key findings (updated 03/10/2016)
  • Literacy tasks to explain the various levels are explained here (page B-3, actual page 41).
  • OECD website
  • PIAAC Gateway


    • By applying some of the statistics to population counts from the American Community Survey, you can extrapolate synthetic estimates of literacy levels across the county or region (depending on what you’re looking at).

  • Information from the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Aspire Program for fiscal year 2017f (Fast Facts)

  • (Ohio is here: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/state-profiles/ohio.pdf)


    • Effects of low literacy

  • U.S. Adult Literacy Facts from ProLiteracy
  • Adult Workers with Low Measured Skills: A 2016 Update


    • Local programs funded by ODHE/Aspire offer instruction for free – reading, writing, numeracy, high school equivalency prep, postsecondary transition, English for speakers of other language (reading/writing/listening/speaking), workplace literacy and other services

  • Program directory





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