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New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th-Grade Level (medium.com)
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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Citations are linked at the bottom:

Citations:

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/09/09/low-literacy-levels-among-us-adults-could-be-costing-the-economy-22-trillion-a-year/?sh=24ac605e4c90

[2] https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacy

[3] https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/

[4] https://www.crossrivertherapy.com/research/literacy-statistics

[5] https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/14phpbq/how_is_it_possible_that_roughly_50_of_americans/

[6] https://www.thepolicycircle.org/brief/literacy/

It's alright if you're American though

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Did they really cite a fucking reddit post

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Top comment on that post is actually decent it seems, describing the problems with the numbers as reported by a similar study

    Why the fuck cite a Reddit post tho lmfao

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Right, at least cut out the middleman and cite the study directly.

    Although on second thought if they wanted to provide examples of uneducated yanks, there are few better places for that than reddit comment threads. So maybe it was a good move after all.

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