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Congress Speaks At 10th Grade Level, Study Says
TPM’s David Taintor reports:
Members of Congress aren’t sounding any smarter. In fact, the 112th Congress speaks collectively at a 10th grade level, down from that of a high school junior in 2005, according to a Sunlight Foundation study released this week.
Congress’ conservative members speak, on average, at the lowest grade level. Moderates from both parties tend to speak at the highest level. But collectively, the legislative body speaks at a higher level than the average American, who reads at between an 8th and 9th grade level.
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Many seem to conflate grade-level-based writing abilities and the ability to communicate. The Flesch-Kincaid readability...
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Which means that 50% of the population reads at less than an 8th or 9th grade level. I need to move to a smarter...
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That high?
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