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Townsend, Dianna; Barber, Ana Taboada; Carter, Hannah; Salas, Rachel – Reading Psychology, 2020
This study explores older adolescents' linguistic resources, specifically academic vocabulary knowledge, in the context of factors that can impact their academic success and risk of dropping out of school. The data resulted from a collaboration among professional development personnel, teachers, and university researchers. Eleventh and twelfth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Vocabulary, Academic Language, At Risk Students
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2016
Many of the more than 700,000 students who leave U.S. high schools each year without a diploma have low literacy skills. More than 60 percent of eighth graders and 60 percent of twelfth graders scored below the "proficient" level in reading achievement according to the most recent administrations of the National Assessment of Educational…
Descriptors: Literacy, College Readiness, Career Readiness, National Competency Tests