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Guthrie, John T.; Kirsch, Irwin S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Proposes redefining the problem of illiteracy in terms of a "social-interaction perspective" that would emphasize the need "to acculturate students to the practices of reading in their communities" and the broad range of reading competencies required by today's society. (JBM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading
Carroll, John B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Evaluates "The Reading Report Card" and application of Reading Proficiency Scale to that report with 1984-85 data on reading ability in adults between ages 21 and 25. Also discusses reading trends in relation to different segments of population and in terms of where decreases and increases in reading ability have occurred between 1974…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Adult Literacy, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged
