Ahri Boy 🏳️⚧️@lemmygrad.ml to China@lemmygrad.ml · 2 days agoLiteracy rates have been climbing in China while the US has been decliningwww.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down11
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minus-squaredavel@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoRadio Free Asia attempted to debunk this specific infographic last year. I suspect they’re probably right that comparing these two tests is comparing apples to oranges. Are Americans more illiterate than they were 70 years ago?
minus-squarefreagle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoWhy are you using rfa as a source?
minus-squaredavel@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 days agoPeople here have media literacy and can draw their own conclusions. I haven’t done the research, but I wouldn’t be surprised if all three of these are true: Literacy in China is higher than in the US. US literacy is falling while Chinese literacy is rising. The two literacy studies that were compared in this infographic are not really comparable.
Radio Free Asia attempted to debunk this specific infographic last year. I suspect they’re probably right that comparing these two tests is comparing apples to oranges. Are Americans more illiterate than they were 70 years ago?
Why are you using rfa as a source?
People here have media literacy and can draw their own conclusions.
I haven’t done the research, but I wouldn’t be surprised if all three of these are true: