According to the national foundation for education research , there had been ( until recently ) no measurable improvement in the standards of literacy and numeracy in primary schools for 50 years .
根据国家教育研究基金会,50年来针对小学生的读写能力与计算能力的指标没有任何重大改进。
Regarding quantitative skills , banks clearly require some level of numeracy .
说到数量技能,各银行显然要求具备一定程度的计算能力。
Unfortunately , there was no comparable effort to promote numeracy in our nation 's capital .
不幸的是,在我们的首都却没有相应的推动计算能力的活动。
It has helped improve basic literacy and numeracy a bit , but would work better if it were more rigorous .
此举的确提高了儿童的读写和计算能力,但如果执行再严格一些的话估计效果会更好。
Their answer , according to a new working paper from the federal reserve bank of atlanta , is simple : numeracy .