> "She reports that many middle and high schools in the US have turned away from literary texts in favour of short passages to enable the better teaching and te

> "She reports that many middle and high schools in the US have turned away from literary texts in favour of short passages to enable the better teaching and testing of information skills that are directly relevant to the workplace." I would suspect that the inability to comprehend longer texts correlates with lesser ability in "theory of mind," [0] which is part many other abilities. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind