The literacy hoax
Subtitle: the decline of reading, writing, and learning in the public schools and what we can do about it
By: by Paul Copperman
Publisher: Morrow Quill Paperbacks
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780688083533
Subjects: Academic achievement; Education and state; Reading; Ability testing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: Literacy decline : 1800's to the early 1900's ; The early 1900's to the mid-1950's ; 1957 to the early 1960's ; The early 1960's to the mid-1970's : High-school graduates ; Elementary and secondary students ; A national pattern; title: From Miss Grundy to Johnny Carson : Money ; Preschool ; Elementary school : Beginning reading instruction ; The new math ; Open education ; Formal systems of individualized instruction. Junior and senior High School : Readability ; Ability grouping ; Enrollment trends ; English curriculum ; Grade inflation. College and university ; Compensatory education ; Standardized testing; title: Authority; title: Educational leadership. Interviews from the front : Students; title: Teacher.