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minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoOh I couldn’t get any hard data on reading age for the UK. Search engines are trash now. Just figured out the apples to apples term to search is “functionally illiterate” From a quick glance it seems to be about 18% (UK) vs 21% for the US. So as I expected, better but not anything to write home about. https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYou mean you don’t just trust the AI summaries? 18% or 21% sounds like a lot of people. Not an easy problem. :-(
minus-squarebrownsugga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoClosest I could find for UK https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/
minus-squarebrownsugga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThis is for the US only, unfortunately, but it substantiates my claim, according to this article 54% read below 6th grade level but the “average” American reads at 7-8th grade level
Oh I couldn’t get any hard data on reading age for the UK. Search engines are trash now.
Just figured out the apples to apples term to search is “functionally illiterate”
From a quick glance it seems to be about 18% (UK) vs 21% for the US. So as I expected, better but not anything to write home about.
https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/
You mean you don’t just trust the AI summaries?
18% or 21% sounds like a lot of people. Not an easy problem. :-(
Closest I could find for UK
https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/
This is for the US only, unfortunately, but it substantiates my claim, according to this article 54% read below 6th grade level but the “average” American reads at 7-8th grade level