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Eldredge, J. Lloyd; Butterfield, Dennie – 1984
Because of concern about the harmful effects of placing children in low reading groups, this study tested the following "sacred cows" in reading: (1) the use of informal reading inventories for grouping children in reading instruction, (2) the homogeneous grouping practices currently utilized in most classrooms in the United States, (3)…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction