Sentence examples for poor literacy performance from inspiring English sources

For some poverty-stricken areas in China, children also suffer from malnutrition, which can result in the poor literacy performance (Hannum et al. 2014).

"Good," I exclaimed to my wife, signing to confirm that I had in fact read the dismal report about my son's poor "literacy" performance.

Atypical laterality on dichotic listening has been found in people with poor literacy skills, but a consistent performance profile is missing: in a review, Bryden (1988) found that 14 studies found no evidence of difference between poor readers and controls, 30 showed poor readers to be less lateralised, and 7 found poor readers to be more strongly lateralised.

But Dr. Davila disagreed that American Sign Language was the cause of poor literacy among the deaf.

Now, there is a crisis of poor literacy rates for our children.

Poor literacy skills stand in the way of children and young people achieving their potential.

Overall, the study said 10 per cent of new graduates had poor literacy skills and 14 per cent lacked numeracy.

Spruiell White of the MacArthur Foundation, which supports such efforts, describes an array of barriers, from poor literacy to poor health.

They are almost the only method useful in populations with poor literacy.

"That is why employers bemoan the poor literacy of so many school and college leavers.

A five-year plan aimed at raising poor literacy standards in Welsh schools has been published.