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Direct linkCoulter, Rebecca Priegert – Education Canada, 2012
Aggregated test results that identify the literacy problems of boys as the most salient gender issue in schools distort the reality that girls experience significant gender-based challenges as well, though their problems may not present as clearly on standardized tests. This emphasis on boys' difficulties has moved educational resources in that…
Descriptors: Females, Outcomes of Education, Standardized Tests, Males
Orchard, H. Elizabeth – Education Canada, 1969
Descriptors: Mobile Educational Services, Reading Centers, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Phillips, D. John – Education Canada, 1984
Compares and describes school leavers in Ontario, Canada, and Somerset, England. Notes functional illiteracy is common among school leavers. Decides that the best approach is a concentrated effort on reading in grades three and four. Describes such a program to be instituted in York, Ontario, in September, 1984. (BRR)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
