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Subject:Re: Reading proficiency From:Herman Holtz <holtz -at- CLARK -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:41:10 -0500
On Fri, 17 Mar 1995, Geoff Hart wrote:
> I'm interested to see that reading proficiency appears to have
> improved in recent years. A few years back, it seems to me, someone
> published an estimate of people reading at a 3rd grade level averaged
> across North America, but several posters claim grade 10 to 12. I'm
> sure the grade 3 figure includes illiterates (thus, doesn't measure
> how well _readers_ read), but both figures are kind of scary. Does
> anyone have good figures and a reference to back them up?
I believe that the generally accepted grade level has been 8th (or 9th,
depending on the authority) grade, with Reader's Digest continually
pointed out as THE example to follow. - Herm
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