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More than half of USAmericans can't read to a sixth grade level, what does this actually mean? (hexbear.net)
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Like, in a practical sense? Do you have any stories or examples from your life?

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[โ€“] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Lib source, but it collates the claim and some sources: Snopes

The main participants were Gallup and the US Department of Education

[โ€“] Lyudmila@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The whole part trying to dodge the correct allegation that the US ranks 125th out of 195 countries is really depressing. "Uhm actually, there are some variables that are skewing these results.*"

*Variables that are skewing the US to rank higher than it should.