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Peer reviewedAgnew, Eleanor; McLaughlin, Margaret – Journal of Basic Writing, 1999
Discusses how a five-year longitudinal study of 61 basic writers suggest little correlation between the first-year course and overall success in college. Notes the much lower long-term success rate for African-American basic writers who passed the basic writing course. Suggests that reading is a stronger determinant of college success for at-risk…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Writing, Black Students, Cross Cultural Studies
