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mucholderthandirt

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14. This pretty commonly known among writers. We often pass our work through a test for reading level.

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 10:29 AM

Mar 2025

Generally we want to come out no higher than seventh grade, as most people can comfortably read that high, but no higher. This means leaving out the "fancy" words and using less-complex sentence structure.

Even those with high education levels tend to not read that well. Sad commentary on the world, isn't it?

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Well this explains a lot. [View all] Woodwizard Mar 2025 OP

Not surprised in the least chicoescuela Mar 2025 #1

And TSF reads at a 4th. grade level. sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #2

More like 4-year-old level. niyad Mar 2025 #4

From Literacy Inc. madaboutharry Mar 2025 #3

Those stats are appalling, but not surprising. What passes for an "educational niyad Mar 2025 #10

You could read it....... Woodwizard Mar 2025 #12

I had to stop using our local public library Bettie Mar 2025 #13

When the Dept of Education is drowned in a bathtub, we won't have NO Stinking Literacy Data. Bread and Circuses Mar 2025 #5

When I moved south a few decades ago... Think. Again. Mar 2025 #6

LOL Meowmee Mar 2025 #8

That has nothing to do with it. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #7

The criticism is about the expectations of education in the U.S. Think. Again. Mar 2025 #9

There are outliers. Woodwizard Mar 2025 #11

This pretty commonly known among writers. We often pass our work through a test for reading level. mucholderthandirt Mar 2025 #14