LITERACY TODAY | July/August 2017 | literacyworldwide.org
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BY THE NUMBERS
1st 1 in 4 45% 44% 37%
Place China
ranks, followed
by Belgium
and Canada, in
a new OECD
report on
15-year-olds’
fi nancial literacy
Number of students in
the 15 OECD countries
that participated who are
unable to make even simple
decisions regarding everyday
spending, according to the
report
Amount of intermediate
and primary school
principals who feel they
have the resources to
support quality digital
learning, according to
a New Zealand Council
for Educational Research
survey
Millennials surveyed
in a U.S. study from
MindEdge Learning
who received a relative
‘F’ in critical thinking
skills in terms of their
ability to identify fake
news
Amount who
admitted to
inadvertently
sharing
inaccurate
information on
social media,
according to the
report
If you’re attending the ILA 2017
Conference & Exhibits in Orlando, FL,
or if you want to get an idea of what
you’re missing, tune in to our next Twitter
chat on July 13 with ILA Board member
Jennifer Williams who, along with ILA staff
members, will provide a sneak peek at
what to expect.
On August 10, our #ILAchat will focus
on addressing the challenges of the digital
divide. Join the conversation by following
the hashtag.
Save the date
Where we stand
Literacy Assessment: What Everyone
Needs to Know, a new ILA literacy
leadership brief out now, shares how
assessments need to be interpreted
to improve student literacy learning.
Characteristics of Culturally
Sustaining and Academically Rigorous
Classrooms, to be published in July,
examines how to engage students with
meaningful curriculum that will prepare
them for our increasingly global world.
Download them at literacyworldwide
.org/position-statements.
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