What does “lacking”Basic prose literacy measure?
Adults in the Below Basic group and those not able to take the assessment because of a language barrier are classified as lacking Basic Prose Literacy Skills (BPLS). The percentage of those who lack BPLS reflects the magnitude of the adult household population at the lowest level of English literacy. The literacy of adults who lack BPLS ranges from being unable to read and understand any written information to being able only to locate easily identifiable information in short, commonplace prose text in English, but nothing more advanced. For the indirect estimates, adults who were not able to take the assessment because of a language barrier are included.
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