The U.S. ranking doesn’t jive with previous reports of students reading well below grade level.
Jibe.
I guess this would normally suggest that we not believe everything that we read. This statement is mainly for those who graduated many years ago & actually DID learn to read quite well. That doesn’t mean that we understand all the gobbledegook that we read nowadays, tho.
Has more to do with reading retention & comprehension
than just the ability to read. Next would be nice for
common sense leading to critical thinking classes so as
to root out lies, propaganda and cognitive dissonance ~
where 2 things are thought of as factual yet directly
in contradiction with each other.