Third-grade students = 150 words per minute (wpm) Eight grade students = 250 Average college student = 450 Average “high level exec” = 575 Average college professor = 675 Speed readers = 1,500 ...

Here are three charts that explain literacy rates in the ... 130 million Americans read below sixth-grade level In the U.S., nearly 130 million American adults read below a sixth-grade level ...