Date
11-13-2024
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree
Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MA)
Chair
Tess Martinus
Keywords
literacy, education, student learning, reading proficiency
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities
Recommended Citation
Reisinger, Hailey, "English Literacy Rates Across the United States" (2024). Masters Theses. 1231.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/1231
Abstract
Literacy rates among students in the United States have been at an all-time low for the last several years. There have been many factors to this including but not limited to, the COVID-19 pandemic, technology, teacher shortages, and chronic absenteeism. This study looks into the literacy rate decline, the mentioned factors, and what is being done to improve the literacy proficiency among students across the country. This study also looks at what is specifically being done for school divisions across the Commonwealth of Virginia, focusing on one school in particular, Culpeper Middle School.
