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Reauthorization of Expiring Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Programs. Volume 5. Adult Education. Hearing on H.R. 5, before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
These statements, letters, and supplemental materials were provided by: (1) Janet Jones Ballard, Assault on Literacy Program; (2) Representative Jim Cooper, Tennessee; (3) Mitch Snyder, Center for Creative Non-Violence; (4) Garrett Murphy, Division of Adult and Continuing Education Programs, New York; (5) W. Wilson Goode, mayor of Philadelphia;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Federal Legislation
The Teaching and Learning of Basic Academic Skills in Schools: A Testimony Before the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities.
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Farr, Roger – 1979
This testimony presented before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities presents an expert's conclusions about the status of reading in the United States. It points to several studies comparing reading achievement scores of students today to scores of students of several years ago; discusses data that are used to…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy