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ERIC Number: EJ309421
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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The Potential and Real Achievement of U.S. Students in School Reading.
Purves, Alan C.
American Journal of Education, v93 n1 p82-106 Nov 1984
Focuses on reading in the school domain and concludes that achievement in reading results from a combination of maturation, exposure, and instruction. Assesses the limits an successes of the instruction of reading in the U.S. and makes cross-national comparisons. (RDN)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Interpretive Skills, Literacy, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Habits, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Intl Assn for the Study of Educ Achieve; National Assessment of Educational Progress
Note: Theme issue with title "The Development of Literacy in the American Schools."