Quote by Daniel Kahneman

“look at the last column, which totals up all the summer gains from first grade to fifth grade. The reading scores of the poor…

— Malcolm Gladwell

My reading ability is that of an 11-year-old. I've had a test. I was alright with numbers, but not reading.

— Jay Blades

I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.

— Joan Collins

“From 10 to 20 percent were functionally impaired as measured by the self-test SF-36.”

— Pamela Weintraub

“Differences in reading ability between five-year olds and eight-year olds are caused primarily by the older children's possessing more knowledge, not by the differences…

— E.D. Hirsch Jr

As a youth, I always did a good deal of reading in the summer months, having suffered since birth from an allergy to athletic…

— Amor Towles

“Discrepancies in educational performances—This is often one of the most obvious indicators of dyslexia.”

— Gavin Reid

“ProLiteracy Worldwide’s “President’s Report on the State of Adult Literacy 2006” found that 70 percent of prison inmates in America lacked basic literacy.2 The…

— Michael Sullivan

“quantitative evidence that teaching children to read from age five is not likely to make that child any more successful at reading than a…

— Terry Marselle

Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early…

— Laura Bush

As a young girl, I was very proud at overcoming a reading handicap whilst other girls of my age read abundantly.

— Coco Chanel

“Your child with dyslexia is twice as likely as other children to have ADD; about 15 percent of students with reading problems are also…

— Jody Swarbrick