proficiency

In the U.S., people with limited English proficiency bear the most risk.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

A 2024 research review in the journal Healthcare found that those with limited proficiency in English are more likely to experience serious harm from medical errors and receive lower-quality healthcare.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

From April next year, permanent residency applicants will face even tighter requirements, including basic Japanese language proficiency.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

From 2025 to 2026, reading proficiency rates declined 6 points among third- through eighth-graders, the city said in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In 2010, high school students in Shanghai, China’s largest city, finished first in an international standardized test of math, science, and reading proficiency given to students in sixty-five nations.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Most of the proficiencies required can be gained through further education.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

I sometimes looked in vain for stacks of books along the walls that weren’t didactically aligned with state-ordained, “testable” proficiencies.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2021

Beyoncé’s proficiencies include the art of publicity, and her messaging is as precise as her melisma.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 18, 2019

To that end, Olson launched "Project Lawrence," an effort to increase cultural proficiencies -- like advanced language training and better knowledge of local history and customs -- for overseas operations.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2011

The peculiar proficiencies of great epochs are as astonishing as the exploits of individual frenzy.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various