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Jonson, Kathleen F.; Reinken, Barbara J. – 2001
This paper describes a recent study of the literacy practices in New Zealand and Australia. Through the voices of students, teachers, administrators, parents, state agency persons, and university faculty, the literacy programs "down under" are heard and seen. The paper also discusses programs for special needs children and briefly…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Clay, Marie M. – 1988
This paper addresses cognitive issues raised by the success of an early reading intervention program, Reading Recovery (originated in New Zealand and also used in Australia and the United States,) in which the great majority of students move from low reading achievement to average achievement for their age group within 12-15 weeks. The first…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure
