LIFT-Missouri
500 Northwest Plaza
Suite 601
St. Ann, MO 63074 Phone: 314-291-4443
Toll-Free: 800-729-4443
Fax: 314-291-7385 sschnell@webster.edu Missouri's Literacy Resource Center Nearly half of American adults (90 million) have limited basic reading and writing skills according to the National Adult Literacy Survey commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education . In addition, 17% of adults in Missouri score in the lowest of five levels of literacy and face life with few options; 950,000 Missourians age 16 and older (28%) do not have a high school diploma; children's literacy levels are strongly linked to the educational level of their parents, especially their mothers; and children of parents who drop out of school are 6 times more likely to drop out than children of parents who finished school. LIFT, Missouri's Literacy Resource Center | |
|
