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College Students Are Testing at the Level of 10-Year-Olds (futurism.com)
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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

The survey, first spotted by the Economist, tested around 160,000 people of all ages, across all 38 member states. It found that across all OECD member countries, a full 8 percent of college students are reading at the level of a ten-year-old..

Wait, that's it? 8 percent?

I bet the number of foreign language students is greater than 8 percent. That's why..