• fraxix@lemm.ee
    5·
    11 months ago

    This is such a huge percentage that it has to be incorrect, right? Over half of American adults can’t really read? Or am I just vastly underestimating a ‘6th grade level’.

    • Chunk@lemmy.world
      6·
      11 months ago

      I had to look this up because I was thinking the same thing.

      Sixth grade reading entails understanding plot structures, narrative voices, character developments, and the use of language. Students also compare and contrast themes in articles and stories. In the process, your child’s vocabulary should grow by leaps and bounds.

      From https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/sixth-grade-reading

      I can’t find any definition for 8, 9, or 10th grade reading.

      I found this, where the definition comes from, it the definition is based on a score on a test and doesn’t always seem to have a set of criteria we can look at. https://www.justrightreads.com/reading-levels-explained

      • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
        3·
        11 months ago

        I can’t find any definition for 8, 9, or 10th grade reading.

        Check common core standards. For example, grades 9-10 should be able to

        Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

        and also

        Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).