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Tag Archive: Grade Level

Colbert brings the sunlight down on our congressional speech study

by Lee Drutman Jun 5, 2012 11:43 am

Dear Mr. Stephen Colbert: We here at Sunlight all quite enjoyed your mock outrage at the declining level of congressional... View Article

Dear Rep. Quigley: right back at ya, re: Sunlight’s congressional speech study

by Lee Drutman May 31, 2012 12:32 pm

Dear Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL): With this post, I offer my humble appreciation that you should deign to take to... View Article

Is Congress getting dumber, or just more plainspoken?

by Lee Drutman May 21, 2012 4:00 am

(This post was prepared in collaboration with Dan Drinkard) Congress now speaks at almost a full grade level lower than... View Article

Congress far from exemplary in SAT word proficiency

by Lee Drutman May 21, 2012 12:15 am

(This post was prepared in collaboration with Dan Drinkard) If you do well on your SAT test, then you will... View Article

The changing complexity of congressional speech

by Lee Drutman May 21, 2012 12:01 am

(This post was prepared in collaboration with Dan Drinkard) Congress now speaks at almost a full grade level lower than... View Article

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