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ERIC Number: EJ161285
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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The Effect of Black English on the Reading Test Performance of High School Students
Thurmond, Vera Belinda
Journal of Educational Research, 70, 3, 160-3, Jan-Feb 77
Black ninth graders did better on a black-dialect reading test than on the standard English form of the same test. (MM)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, High School Students, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Reading Tests
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