14% of U.S. adults have below-basic reading skills, says PIAAC 2013 Just 12% of Americans read well enough to review search results from a library website to identify a book suggesting that claims made both for and against generically modified foods are unreliable. Which means that if you write for these proficient readers, you'll miss 88% of U.S. adults aged 16 to 65. … [Read more...] about Can you read me now?