How do you measure your own reading speed without a lab?

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Is reading speed mostly fixed or can adults move the needle? Fast readers do not automatically comprehend less — the tradeoff only bites past 400 words per minute Reading on a screen costs about 20 percent of your pace — what explains the loss? Eye fixations put a hard ceiling of roughly 500 words per minute on reading What pace should a ninth grader hold to keep up with class reading? Fluency is not the same thing as reading fast Adults average roughly 240 words per minute and college students closer to 300 Nonsense word tests reveal decoding skill that real words hide Benchmark scores predict later reading but not why a reader struggles Why highlighting on a screen feels productive and is not

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