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“The Doomsday scenario is we could find ourselves by 2020 with six million people unemployable in the UK. I don’t have to tell you what the social and economic implications would be.”

Sir Mike Rake, Chairman, UK Commission for Employment & Skills

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The National Literacy Trust Website

External Doc. | Tuesday November 27th, 2007

The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity that changes lives through literacy.

Readability - how to test how easy a text is to read

Website | Thursday November 15th, 2007

SMOG (simplified measure of gobbledygook) is a formula that gives a readability level for written material. Readability is an attempt to match the reading level of written material to the "reading with understanding" level of the reader.

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