High School Literacy: A Quick Stats Fact Sheet

Autor/in	Rutenberg, David
Institution	National High School Center
Titel	High School Literacy: A Quick Stats Fact Sheet
Quelle	(2009), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Literacy; Interpersonal Competence; Job Skills; Employment Qualifications; Thinking Skills; Role of Education; Outcomes of Education; Reading Skills; Reading Achievement; Scores; Reading Instruction; Writing Instruction; Racial Differences; Hispanic American Students; White Students; African American Students; Postsecondary Education; Asian American Students; Pacific Islanders; Labor Force Development; Remedial Reading + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Produktive Fertigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Denkfähigkeit; Bildungsauftrag; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Leseleistung; Leseunterricht; Schreibunterricht; Rassenunterschied; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Arbeitskräftebestand; Leseförderung
Abstract	From helping to achieve economic well-being to constructing a sense of self, literacy plays a central role in how people interact with each other and with the world around them (Phelps, 2005). The importance of being literate has only increased over the decades and stands to become even more important in the future. Fifty years ago, an abundance of manufacturing and other well-paying jobs for those with low levels of literacy allowed them to maintain a middle-class lifestyle (Biancarosa & Snow, 2004). However, the American economy has seen the flight of these low-skilled and well-paying jobs to other countries, with a simultaneous growth of service sector jobs requiring high levels of literacy from employees (National Center on Education and the Economy, 2007). These jobs require employees to integrate new information with the old, critique opinions, understand context, and synthesize new ideas--all high-order thinking skills facilitated by being fully literate. Unfortunately, the American high school is failing large proportions of its students, leaving them ill-equipped to compete in this new economy. The statistics provided herein paint a portrait of some of the challenges high school students encounter in obtaining high levels of literacy. (Contains 1 footnote.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National High School Center. American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 800-634-0503; Fax: 202-403-5875; e-mail: helpfor@betterhighschools.org; Web site: http://www.betterhighschools.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10