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by mrguyorama 1144 days ago
50% of Americans cannot read at a highschool level.
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Still a lot, but 22% of Americans are children
Are they measuring "reading ability for the real world" or are we talking "analyze any interpret fiction literature" type reading skills? Serious question. Because I feel like "real world reading" stopped after about 8th, maybe 9th grade and everything else was just fluff.