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Lovitt, Thomas C.; And Others – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1987
An alternative to readability formulas and achievement tests to let high school students read orally and then recount what they read. Vocabulary scores and oral reading rates were demonstrated as the best predictors of test performance with a minimum oral reading rate of 135 words per minute necessary to profit from textbooks. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, High Schools, Oral Reading, Reading Difficulties
