Literacy Information
LVSA Facts
- According to the 2003 NAAL (National Assessment of Adult Literacy) 1 in 7 Delawareans are functioning at the lowest literacy levels, unable to read a medicine bottle or fill out a job application.
- LVSA volunteers receive 21 hours of professional training and commit to 24 hours of volunteer tutoring service a month.
- LVSA’s one-to-one approach is the key to our success. People helping people on a personal, interactive, individual basis has proven to be the most effective way to improve literacy in adults.
- LVSA students include basic literacy students (native-born, English-speaking adults) and ELL students (English Language Learners/foreign-born adults).
- Since 1982, LVSA has served more than 2,500 adults.
Literacy Links
Visit other sites with valuable information on literacy in America:
- Literacy Volunteers Serving Adults's page on My Space
- ProLiteracy America
- National Institute for Literacy
- LINCS: National Institute for Literacy
- National Center for Family Literacy
- Wilmington Library
- Delaware Coalition for Literacy
ABC News Videos
Living in the Shadows: Roger Vredenburg
Living in the Shdaows: Monica Baxley