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Quantitative Literacy

This website contains information and reports concerning Quantitative Literacy that were formerly located on the website of the National Council on Education and the Disciplines (NCED) at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey. Readers seeking information concerning other aspects of the NCED program should contact NCED or Robert Orrill. Questions or suggestions related to quantitative literacy should be addressed to Bernard Madison or Lynn A. Steen.
Publications and Reports:
2004
Achieving Quantitative Literacy: An Urgent Challenge for Higher Education.  (MAA Bookstore)
2003
Quantitative Literacy: Why Numeracy Matters for Schools and; Colleges.  (MAA Bookstore)(PDF Format)
2001 Mathematics and Democracy: The Case for Quantitative Literacy.  (PDF format) 
(MAA Bookstore)
1997 Why Numbers Count: Quantitative Literacy for Tomorrow's America.  (The College Board)
1994 Quantitative Reasoning for College Graduates. (Report of an MAA Committee)
  
Organizations and Projects:
MAA's Special Interest Group on Quantitative Literacy
National Numeracy Network
Selected Quantitative Literacy Programs in U.S. Colleges and Universities (PDF)