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ERIC Number: EJ480986
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4103
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Swedish Speakers' Literacy in the Finnish Society.
Brunell, Viking; Linnakyla, Pirjo
Journal of Reading, v37 n5 p368-75 Feb 1994
Discusses the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's reading literacy study in Finland. Shows that, although language-minority students are often expected to have lower achievement in school, students from Swedish-speaking homes in Finland scored almost as well as their Finnish-speaking counterparts on extensive literacy tests. (SR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Reading Research
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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