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> So.... how do you define "6th-grade reading level"?

The standard required to pass the 6th grade, I guess? Possibly people are reading at that level but then forget how to do it later in life? That's definitely the case with for example knowledge of maths.

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But obviously they did pass 6th grade.

I mean, where does the standard come from? Does it have nothing to do with what the typical student in a typical school is able to accomplish? If not, it is just arbitrary and meaningless.

Or, they never attained a 6th grade reading level and our teachers and standardized tests allowed them to still graduate high school, because failing to get a high school diploma virtually guarantees someone will be in poverty for the rest of their life?

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