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Lapointe, Archie – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Summarizes 15 years of National Assessment of Educational Progress data on reading and writing in elementary schools. While reading performance has improved over the 1971-1984 period for black and Hispanic 9- and 13-year-olds and for younger disadvantaged children, writing results are less encouraging. Effective writing instruction may require…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Minority Group Children, Reading Instruction
