Address Socioeconomic Factors

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Name

Address Socioeconomic Factors

Description

The goal of addressing socioeconomic factors hindering literacy is to identify and overcome the barriers that prevent individuals from developing strong literacy skills due to their socioeconomic circumstances.

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Broader goals

Teach literacy to everyone

Claims from

Eighth graders in the study’s lowest income group had literacy skills comparable to high-income third graders
Many people of lower socioeconomic statuses have lower literacy levels, this relationship resulting both from how SES can influence literacy and from how literacy can influence SES

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