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Download full textAlexander, Patricia L. – 1992
The purpose of a Reading Recovery project was to gather data on an alternative method of teaching reading to students who were experiencing difficulties with the reading process. Four students a year (attending the Clara Tyner Elementary school in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) were selected from grade 1 and beginning grade 2 for a total of 10…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students
Brooks, Greg – 1997
Surveys of literacy attainment have been going on in the United Kingdom since 1948. The main finding is that literacy standards have changed very little in that time. Among 8-year-olds (children in Year 3) in England and Wales, however, standards fell slightly in the late 1980s, and then recovered in the early 1990s. The few international…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing, Educational Trends
Sanacore, Joseph – 1987
Children are faced with an increased potential for academic failure due to less stable family lives and career-oriented parents. Cross-cultural reading instruction practices and programs can provide insights that could prevent such failure for children at-risk. One such program is the reading maintenance program used in Denmark, wherein groups of…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Needs, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
