As always, suggest making this an option as there will be people who prefer the current method of presentation.
During skill tests, hide the portion of text (of which quantity can be substantial) for the pass and fail sections.
Allow the player to perform the test and then click Pass or Fail.
This is beneficial in a couple of ways.
1) Reduce clutter of text
2) "Increase" flavour so players can not weigh pass count vs fail (this one is purely preference and thus this should be an option as opposed to a change)