And we're not very literate, according to an OECD study A "severe literacy deficit" haunts the world's most developed countries. Between one-quarter and three-quarters of the world's adults don't have a "suitable minimum skill level" for coping with the demands of modern life and work. That's according to the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), a large-scale … [Read more...] about We are the world
Readability
Can you read me now?
21% of U.S. adults have trouble using a street map What reading grade level should you hit on the Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog or other readability indexes? If you're writing for a broad audience, you might consider starting with eighth on the Flesch-Kincaid test. Ratchet up or down from there depending on your audience members' sophistication. Why so low? In 1993, the … [Read more...] about Can you read me now?