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ERIC Number: EJ616371
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0952-3383
Is the National Literacy Strategy Raising the Achievement of Lower Attainers?
Lingard, Tony
British Journal of Special Education, v27 n3 p117-23 Sep 2000
This article questions whether the British National Literacy Strategy is raising the achievement of lower attainers and suggests adaptations, based on a Literacy Acceleration program. Literacy Acceleration is described as providing secondary-age students with reading difficulties with daily, specific teaching and individual attention within groups of about 15 pupils. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Literacy, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Great Britain