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High school graduation is not a guarantee of adequate reading skill for today's workforce.

It's not hard to find conflicting conclusions in literacy studies, particularly when trying to determine the precise economic impact of reading programs. However, in To Read or Not To Read the National Endowment for the Arts reviewed government, academic and private reading research findings and discovered startling agreement on the impact of reading skill on the success of adults.

According to the report:
Fewer than one third of high school seniors read at the proficient level.
Employers now rank reading and writing as top deficiencies in new hires.
Good readers generally have more financially rewarding jobs.
Less advanced readers report fewer opportunities for career growth.

The entire report- To Read or Not To Read