The National Reading Assessments in Reading: Are We Misreading the Findings?.

Carroll, John B.

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Publication Date: 1987

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The National Reading Assessments in Reading: Are We Misreading the Findings?

Carroll, John B.

Phi Delta Kappan, v68 n6 p424-30 Feb 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 and 1984. Includes three data tables. (MD)

Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Adult Literacy, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy, Literacy, Measures (Individuals), Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Habits, Reading Skills, Trend Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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