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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th-Grade Level

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New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th-Grade Level

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New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels
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Low literacy levels among adults in the United States are a major concern, with 54% of adults aged 16–74 years old, or about 130 million people, reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade…

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  • https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacy
  • https://www.crossrivertherapy.com/research/literacy-statistics
  • https://www.thepolicycircle.org/brief/literacy/
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    2 years ago

    I knew people in college that read about that badly.

    STEM students, sometimes. yea

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