A modern workplace in the face of an age-old problem: illiteracy.

From: Industrial Management | Date: January 1, 1992| Author: Franklin, Geralyn McClure; Washburn, Susan Z. | Copyright information

The well-being of hundreds of American companies is being threatened by a functionally illiterate workforce. Functional illiteracy is the inability to use reading, writing and math skills to cope with everyday tasks. Many workers cannot read or write above the fourth-grade level. Yet, most of the reading material geared for the workplace is written on a ninth-grade comprehension level. This leaves many workers facing a huge basic skills gap.

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