It means they cannot understand ideas, concepts and vocabulary that a 6th grader should according to academic standards. Newspapers are normally written at the 6th grade level (historically anyway) because that was the average reading comprehension 30 years ago. Now it’s of course much worse.
You might have read huge books in 4th grade, that’s one data point–you-- against huge national data sets and trends. Your lone data point of what you read is called an anecdote. Anecdotes are generally ignored in debate as they are seen as unhelpful distractions at best and deliberately attempts to distract the discussion at worst.
You still didn’t define the academic standard, and you didn’t answer the question. 6th grade level according to now or 29 years ago? Was there a test? 6th graders now are in worse shape now.
Also, your response was condescending. I simply hear about these levels and don’t understand what they actually are.
It means they cannot understand ideas, concepts and vocabulary that a 6th grader should according to academic standards. Newspapers are normally written at the 6th grade level (historically anyway) because that was the average reading comprehension 30 years ago. Now it’s of course much worse.
You might have read huge books in 4th grade, that’s one data point–you-- against huge national data sets and trends. Your lone data point of what you read is called an anecdote. Anecdotes are generally ignored in debate as they are seen as unhelpful distractions at best and deliberately attempts to distract the discussion at worst.
You still didn’t define the academic standard, and you didn’t answer the question. 6th grade level according to now or 29 years ago? Was there a test? 6th graders now are in worse shape now.
Also, your response was condescending. I simply hear about these levels and don’t understand what they actually are.