Data shows that as many as two-thirds of American high school graduates have underdeveloped reading skills. But it’s a big exaggeration to say that such students can’t read their own diplomas, as Sen. Tommy Tuberville claimed.
has said can serve as a proxy for entry-level college work. Shanahan told PolitiFact that he agrees the statistic is trustworthy.So, the statistics Tuberville’s office provided include several figures that are credible and one that is not. But experts said the problem with Tuberville’s claim is that none of these statistics support the idea that recent high school graduates cannot read their diplomas.
"There is often a fundamental misunderstanding of literacy attainment in the U.S.," Shanahan said."Historically, illiteracy meant that a person couldn’t even write their own name — in other words, pretty much total illiteracy, no reading or writing ability at all." Shanahan said Tuberville may have a point that there are"a small number of American graduates who can’t successfully read simple messages. But he is badly mischaracterizing the state of literacy in the U.S."Tuberville said,"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma."
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