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It means they cannot understand ideas, concepts and vocabulary that a 6th grader should according to academic standards. Newspapers are normally written at the 6th grade level (historically anyway) because that was the average reading comprehension 30 years ago. Now it's of course much worse.
You might have read huge books in 4th grade, that's one data point--you-- against huge national data sets and trends. Your lone data point of what you read is called an anecdote. Anecdotes are generally ignored in debate as they are seen as unhelpful distractions at best and deliberately attempts to distract the discussion at worst.