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ERIC Number: EJ648694
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Whole Language and the Great Plummet of 1987-92: An Urban Legend from California.
Krashen, Stephen
Phi Delta Kappan, v83 n10 p748-53 Jun 2002
Argues that California's low fourth-grade National Assessment of Educational Progress reading scores between 1987 and 1992 were not related to the whole-language approach to reading instruction introduced in 1987. Suggests that low scores are caused by limited student access to books in school and public libraries. (Contains 36 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Books, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Libraries, Literacy, Low Achievement, Phonics, Reading Instruction, Scores, Whole Language Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Assessment of Educational Progress