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"71% of college graduates are unable to read proficiently"

huh? according to the link they cite: http://nces.ed.gov/NAAL/kf_dem_edu.asp looks like college graduates are amongst the best.

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He also changed the link (while I was writing a comment). It now points to the general NAAL site, instead of that graph, so that you'd have to dig through a wad of information before discovering the link doesn't back up his claim. Bunk.

Their definition of proficiency has more to do with logic and reasoning "comparing two editorials" etc. than reading. Ridiculous. http://nces.ed.gov/NAAL/perf_levels.asp

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