GED Academy Articles

by Leonard Williams

More than 39 million Americans lack a high school diploma, and even more lack critical literacy skills. Essential literacy education is an initiative to provide crucial basic skills to adult learners.

Over 39 million American adults lack a high school diploma, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures, and around 30 million American adults rank “Below Basic” in prose literacy, the lowest literacy ranking, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL). In quantitative literacy, that number is 46 million. Even among college student, significant numbers lack prose, document, or quantitative literacy.

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by Leonard Williams

Over 700,000 people take the GED each year…not surprising, considering that 39 million American adults lack a high school diploma. But almost half of GED candidates fail the tests on their first try. Why? According to the GED Academy, the key is critical thinking.

Over 700,000 people take the GED high school equivalency exam each year, but only around 400,000 pass the test. Why do so many people fail on the first try? Many students believe that learning facts is more important than learning how to think about information, but according to The GED Academy, the thinking process is much more important than learning facts.

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