Is there a possible correlation to my relatively high reading comprehension, but low reading speed?

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My reading speed never really increased from middle school to high-school.

Supposedly, my comprehension was college level between grade school and middle-school after which I have no reading specific tests.

Now I'm in college, so I'm just assuming my comrehension hasn't gone down. The only other test I can presently cite is that I received a 92 out of 99 percentile on the ASVAB, before the Navy.

I'm just curious, because I've always thought speed and comprehension would positively related rather than inverse. the scores could have always been a fluke.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I don't agree. People who speed read miss 2/3rds of what they're reading. I read a lot and always have, but I don't read fast. I had exceptional grades/SAT scores, etc. The fastest I read anything is 1 page per minute, and that's engrossing fiction, not textbooks.

Lib.rare.ian · Answer

The level of reading difficulty also rose as you moved from middle school to college. It's no surprise that reading speed doesn't go up and your comprehension stays the same when the material  gets more difficult.

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Is there a possible correlation to my relatively high reading comprehension, but low reading speed?

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