Lexile Perspectives
Abstract
Twenty-five thousand adults reported their jobs to the 1992 National Adult Literacy Study (Campbell et al., 1992). Their reading ability was also measured. Figure 1 summarizes the relationship between reading ability and employment. In 1992, the average laborer read at 1000 Lexiles; the average secretary at 1200; the average teacher at 1400; the average scientist at 1500.
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