...and higher institutions increased 72 percent between 1975 and 1980. The Department of the Navy told the Commission that one-quarter of its recent recruits...the ninth grade level, the minimum needed simply to follow safety instructions. They stressed that 12th- to 14th-grade reading level abilities were required...

...public 4-year colleges increased 72 percent between 1975 and 1980. The Department of the Navy told the Commission that one-quarter of its recent recruits...the ninth grade level; the minimum needed simply to follow safety instructions. Mr. Chairman, we concluded that the educational risk we are running is...

...public 4-year colleges increased 72 percent between 1975 and 1980; o the Department of the Navy told the Commission that one-quarter of its recent recruits...the ninth grade level, the minimum needed simply to follow safety instructions. FINDINGS Mr. Chairman, the Commission concluded that the educational risk...

...public 4-year colleges increased 72 percent between 1975 and 1980; o the Department of the Navy told the Commission that one-quarter of its recent recruits...read at the ninth grade level, the minimum needed to simply follow safety instructions. FINDINGS The Commission concluded our educational risk is in...

...emphasizes the importance of basics, including reading in the world of business and the military. It states: Business and military leaders complain that they are...Commission that one-quarter of its recent recruits A number of our members work with vocational programs and the chief complaint is that there are not...

...public 4-year colleges increased 72 percent between 1975 and 1980; o the Department of the Navy told the Commission that onequarter of its recent recruits...read at the ninth grade level, the minimum needed to simply follow safety Instructions. FINDINGS Mr. Chairman, the Commission concluded that the educational...

...colleges increased by 72 percent and now constitute one-quarter of all math courses taught in colleges. Business and military leaders complain that they are required to spend millions of dollars on remedial education and training. The Department of the Navy reported that one-quarter of its recent...

...colleges increased by 72 percent and now constitute one-quarter of all math courses taught in colleges. Business and military leaders complain that they are required to spend millions of dollars on remedial education and training. The Department of the Navy reported that one-quarter of its recent...

...Waterborne diseases were no longer rampant. Within the US, the report "A Nation At Risk (1983)" stated that: "Business and military leaders complain that they...skills as reading, writing, spelling and computation." In this country, an adult illiterate is a lost resource. The individual has trouble reading subway...

...tested achievement of students graduating from college is lower today than it was ten years ago. 6. Business and military leaders complain that they are...costly remedial education and training programs in the basic skills We are a nation at risk. Educators have yielded to fads and external pressures. We...