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St. Louis NAACP files civil rights complaint over low literacy rates among Black students

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The St. Louis NAACP is asking the federal government to help mitigate the “literacy crisis” Black students are facing in the classroom.

Forty percent of Missouri ’s fourth graders tested in 2022 were below a basic level of skill in reading.

Low adult literacy levels could cost the economy as much as $2.2 trillion a year .

130 million adults in the nation, or 54 percent between 16 and 74 years old , have low literacy skills.

This means people are reading below the equivalent of a sixth -grade level.

Despite higher high school graduation rates, 23 percent of adults still struggle to read, ProPublica reported in 2022 .

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