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Jackson, Shirley A. – 1980
Three issues related to improving basic skills in this nation are discussed in this paper: the definition of "basic literacy skills" and the number of Americans who are purportedly illiterate, what evidence exists that minorities in the United States really have a more serious problem than others in acquiring basic literacy skills, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Illiteracy
