It is a tax that. while falling directly on the backs of the millions of illiterate individuals. has. in turn. exacted a very heavy price in valuable resources from our Nation. Today. close to 35 million adults cannot complete a job application. read a newspaper. comprehend a bus or train schedule or understand a warning label on a bottle of medicine. The Department of Education estimates that more than 2.3 million more illiterates including high school dropouts. unlettered passalong graduates and some immigrants. are added to that list every year. However. the problem has not been confined to those groups of dropouts or disadvantaged minority group members. although they represent the highest number. Consequently. the total cost of the errors. accidents. and missed opportunities in business now exceeds $225 billion annually.
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