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Peer reviewedTuinman, Jaap; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1976
Reviews the research on reading achievement for the last 50 years and concludes that anyone who knows that literacy is declining is ignoring the data. (RB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedFagan, William T. – Journal of Reading, 1995
Compares and comments on two recent national surveys of adult literacy standards in the United States and Canada, which move away from reporting the number of literates/illiterates and use levels of literacy proficiency. Notes that different concepts for literacy levels, different types of sampling, and different ways of measuring literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMonteith, Mary K. – Journal of Reading, 1980
Reviews research on the average reading level in the United States, on how well the average American needs to read, and on what the average American can and does read. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1982
Reports the results of a survey of 82 schools in South Australia and 40 schools in the United States concerning their use of paraprofessionals in their reading/tutoring programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Peer reviewedLe Grand, Kathryn R. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Nigerian anthropologist John Ogbu examines the academic failure of minority groups within the context of American society and draws comparisons to minority group education in five other cultures. (MKM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Aspiration, Comparative Education, Educational Anthropology
