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Durkin, Dolores – 1987
Academic testing observed in a year-long study of kindergarten classes in 15 districts was primarily concerned with whether children were succeeding with the content of a basal reader readiness workbook that essentially dealt with phonics. Such success was viewed as a prerequisite for the first preprimer in the basal series, the use of which…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Kindergarten