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Study Finds Complex Reading Key to College SuccessThe literacy of today's high school graduates has become a major concern of colleges and employers. In fact, according to the Alliance for Excellent Education, approximately six million secondary school students are reading well below grade level. A recent study released by American College Testing (ACT) maintains this lull in performance is due to a lack of reading comprehension requirements. According to the study, most states have no set requirements for high school reading achievement, therefore many students graduate with little or no ability to handle complex reading - passages that contain elaborate organization, implicit messages, subtle interactions among characters or ideas, and demanding vocabulary. The ACT isolated reading complexity as a critical factor by analyzing the results of the 1.2 million high school seniors in 2005 who took the ACT college entrance test. Based on that test, only 51 percent of students showed they were ready to handle the reading requirements of a typical first-year college.
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reading is key to college success" Alliance for Excellent Education
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