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Peer reviewedDurkin, Dolores – Elementary School Journal, 1987
Describes how in the 1960s and 1970s critics of the schools as well as the transitory interests of the schools themselves were the greatest forces for change in basal reader programs. Discusses how current demand for high test scores has influenced those who prepare basal material. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comprehension, Elementary Education
