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ERIC Number: EJ348965
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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From Crisis to Crisis: The Evolution toward Higher Standards of Literacy in the United States.
Varnum, Robin
Rhetoric Society Quarterly, v16 n3 p145-65 Sum 1986
Surveys the five literacy crises that have occurred since the Civil War. Argues that the widespread perception that a serious literacy problem exists in this country today cannot be supported either by international or historical comparisons of achievement. (SRT)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History, Functional Literacy, Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, United States History, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Available from the Rhetoric Society of America, Dept. of Philosophy, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN 56301.