36 % of Adults in Washington D.C. are Illiterate.
21% is the national average for illiteratcy. Teenage illiteracy is estimated to be as high as 50%.
By 8th grade, more than half of New York State students do not meet reading standards, and in New York City the figure is closer to two-thirds. Many of these adolescents are reading at only a 3rd- or 4th-grade level, and it is difficult for them to keep up in subject-specific classes because they cannot read assigned texts.
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