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ERIC Number: EJ254464
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jul
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Reading Research: The Source for Challenging Back-to-the-Basics Advocates.
Layton, James R.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v6 n3 p252-62 Jul 1981
There exists a controversy as to whether or not minimal competency testing in the area is a sound educational practice. A review of reading research in three areas, developmental reading, functional reading and recreational reading was conducted to provide data relevant to the controversy. (RD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Functional Reading, Literature Reviews, Minimum Competency Testing, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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