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Research links low numeracy skills to unemployment, low income, and poor health. The author also examines the characteristics of people with low numeracy.

New data on adult reading, numeracy, and problem-solving skills indicates that more US adults have skills at the lowest levels than seven years ago.

The new issue of the Adult Literacy Education journal includes research on psychological stress in adult literacy learners.

Every two years, ProLiteracy recognizes those who have made outstanding achievements in the adult literacy and education landscape.

The ProLiteracy Board of Directors has appointed longtime Board Member Kate Costello-Sullivan to the position of Board Chair.

New research examines how a growing reliance on technology impacts adults with low literacy skills.

ProLiteracy awarded a group of researchers the Dollar General Research to Practice Award for "The Effects of an Adult Literacy App on Word Decoding."

In our research journal, experts share how they have reached low-level adults as the adult literacy field shifted to career-focused instruction.

ProLiteracy has published a thoughtful look at the role of generative AI (GenAI) in adult education.

To show how it’s possible for low-literate parents to read to their children in their own voice, Droga5 created a docu-style film for ProLiteracy.