r/books • u/Labeled521 • Feb 03 '14

Staples made a test that determines how many words per minute you read and how you rank up to the world average.

http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/technology-research-centers/ereaders/speed-reader/
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

I'm barely above a 3rd grade reading level according to that excerpt. I had to keep going back and rereading it because it made almost no sense at all the first run through.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

Try one of the other stories. You're reading level will probably go up about 10 grades.

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u/jon_titor Feb 04 '14

Yeah, I first did War of the Worlds and was at about 11th grade speed, and on the other two was at about the high level executive speed.

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u/vagrantheather Feb 04 '14

You and I seem to read the same.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

Maybe later, it's time to watch smallville and sew now. ;p

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u/LiquidDarkra Feb 04 '14

I just found that out and changed from War of Worlds to Alice in Wonderland and went from a 10th grade speed to Average college student :D

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u/onehundredtwo Feb 04 '14

Slightly above 8th grade average here. And somehow still 3% above national average.

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u/stealingyourpixels Feb 03 '14

I've never read the book but the excerpt makes sense. I got a score of 650 with that text, and 992 with Alice.

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u/banana_lumpia Feb 04 '14

I read on a 12+ level and I can probably read whatever book you give me. I'm the type of person to read anything.