Now a new study takes issue with Loveless’ conclusions, particularly his use of data comparing average state NAEP scores and students’ enrollments in 8th grade Algebra 1.

Current presidential candidates employ grade 6 to 8 level language, with Republican favorite Donald Trump speaking at the lowest level.

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At the state’s prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade – a significant achievement. But there has not been a parallel success in ...

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Of the words used, 762 were complex (11.4%), and sentences tended to have 18.48 words on average – seven more than Trump.

Politico is pushing a study that shows that President Obama's three SOTU speeches were written at an 8th-9th grade reading level, based on the Flesch-Kincaid standard.

And, according to a summary from the university, the study found “most candidates using words and grammar typical of students in grades 6-8, though Donald Trump tends to lag behind the others.” ...

Putting the word in the context of an 8th-grade vocabulary: I may be a bit blasé, but I can still pass notes to any 9th grader I want. 4 / 33 Nicole Fornabaio/Rd.com, iStock/EnginKorkmaz ...

One study by Jian-Hua Liang, an education research and evaluation consultant at the California Department of Education found that California students who passed 8th-grade algebra in that state ...

The number of Ohio eighth grade students not proficient in math rose from 62% in 2019 to 71% in 2022— meaning nearly three-fourths of Ohio eighth graders are not meeting benchmarks in math ...

New York eighth-grader Arvind Mahankali is the fiercest speller around. No word can foil him, as he proved Thursday when he beat out other Scripps National Spelling Bee contestants by spelling ...