Can you both read and extract information from content???
This is the question being asked broadly as we consider what "getting an education" and "literacy" mean. There are three main types of literacy, according to the Department of Education:
*prose literacy, the knowledge and skills needed to search, comprehend, and use information from continuous texts. "Prose" examples include editorials, news stories, brochures, and instructional materials;
*document literacy, the knowledge and skills needed to search, comprehend, and use information from non-continuous texts. "Document" examples include job applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, tables, and drug and food labels;
*quantitative literacy, the knowledge and skills needed to perform computations using numbers that are embedded in printed material. Examples including balancing a checkbook, figuring out a tip, completing an order form, determining the amount of interest on a loan from an advertisement.
How would you rate yourself on a scale of 0 to 500? Be neither too modest nor self-aggrandizing: The range of scores extends from 207 to 340.
For scores based on a few demographic characteristics, see the Department's "Fast Facts".
