RE: Commnicating with an audience of low literacy levels

Subject: RE: Commnicating with an audience of low literacy levels
From: MaggiRos <maggiros -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Dori Green <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:26:30 -0700 (PDT)

The average American reads at a 6th grade level, but
that's not the same as being 11-12 years old. Test on
adults.

Maggie


--- Dori Green <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com> wrote:

> Best advice I ever got (or gave):
>
> Edit for the standard "military" sixth-grade reading
> level.
>
> Beta-test on at least three actual living breathing
> sixth-graders.
>
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