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DeYoung, Alan J. – 1982
In order to analyze the effectiveness of school districts in Kentucky, a study looked at basic skill test scores in reading and language at two grade levels, 3rd and 10th. In order to take into account student differences between school districts, the percentage of students in the "below average" range on the Short Form Test of Academic…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Download full textGarner, Barbara, Ed. – Focus on Basics, 2002
This volume of newsletters focuses on connecting research and practice in adult literacy programs. Issue A of August 2001 includes: "Techniques for Teaching Beginning-Level Reading to Adults" (Ashley Hager); "Beginning ESOL Learners' Advice to Their Teachers" (MaryAnn Cunningham Florez); "The Neurobiology of Reading and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Educators
