The best replacement for literacy is reading.

The best alternatives to literacy are rated as following:
★★★★★  reading
★★★★  education
★★★★  information literacy
★★★★  reading readiness
★★★  illiteracy
★★  oracy
★★  fluency
★  computer literacy
★  cultural literacy
★  whole language
★  language
★  phonics
★  language development
★  numeracy
★  literary
★  computer competency
★  basal readers
★  health literacy
  academic literacy
  critical literacy
  basal
  literature
  language arts

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