"A particularly alarming report
on working-age adults was published earlier this month by the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a coalition of
mainly developed nations,"
The New York Times editorializes. "The research focused on people ages 16 to 65
in 24 countries. It dealt with three crucial areas: literacy — the
ability to understand and respond to written material; numeracy — the
ability to use numerical and mathematical concepts; and problem solving —
the ability to interpret and analyze information using computers. Americans were comparatively weak-to-poor in all three areas."
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