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ERIC Number: EJ352254
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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How Well Should a High School Graduate Read?
Burrill, Lois E.
NASSP Bulletin, v71 n497 p61-64,66-72 Mar 1987
According to studies using the Degrees of Reading Power system for estimating readability, most high school graduates cannot read at a level enabling them to understand much of what they read in newspapers, periodicals, work-related documents, or many high school texts or tests. (PGD)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, High School Graduates, High School Students, High Schools, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Degrees of Reading Power