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Deshler, Donald D.; Tollefson, Julie M. – School Administrator, 2006
Despite numerous successes achieved by American schools in recent years, one of the remaining challenges is the large number of adolescents who lack basic literacy skills. Nearly 25 percent of 8th and 12th graders score below the basic level in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress and only 70 percent of all high school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Learning Strategies, Graduation Rate