highliteracy
Highliteracy is a term used to describe an advanced level of literacy across a population or within an organization, extending beyond basic reading and writing to include a broad set of competencies such as information literacy, digital literacy, and critical literacy. It denotes the ability to obtain, interpret, evaluate, and create information in varied formats, participate effectively in civic and workplace activities, and adapt to evolving communicative contexts.
Measuring highliteracy involves multiple indicators: traditional literacy rates, functional literacy assessments, digital-literacy indices, and surveys of
Policy and practice aim to raise highliteracy through comprehensive education, early childhood programs, teacher training, access
Debates around highliteracy focus on scope and standards: what counts as literacy, how to balance breadth and
See also: literacy, functional literacy, digital literacy, information literacy, media literacy, education policy.