But here’s the interesting and exciting part. The most exhaustive research “disproving” speed-reading does so by demonstrating that comprehension begins to drop off at 600 wpm, and declines steeply at 700 to 800 wpm.11 To put this into perspective, the average college-educated reader reads 200 to 250 wpm in English. When viewed in this light, it seems to me that “speed-reading” is very much possible—but only in the ranges of 600 to 800 wpm.
