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What does “The average American reads at an 8th grade level” mean in practice? A worryingly concise explanation. (www.youtube.com)
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[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"reading" is not so common as it once was. what kind of reading are we talking about - fiction, non-fiction? Anyway, the numbers I'm seeing say that the US reads at a 10th-grade level, which is about average in the world. Of course it varies from place-to-place.

https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=1

When it comes to non-fiction, today there are other ways of getting information. Youtube for one. Where learning from experts can often be better than reading a book. OTOH, you can lead a horse to water...

https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/sub-issues/reading-literacy.html