Preface |
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Summary |
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Acknowledgments |
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Why Adolescent Literacy Matters |
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Teaching Students to Read to Learn: An ``Orphaned Responsibility'' in the K--12 World |
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Purpose and Outline of This Report |
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State and National Assessments of Adolescent Literacy |
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State Assessment Systems in Transition |
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Literacy Assessment Content and Format |
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State Assessment Achievement Standards |
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National Assessment of Educational Progress |
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The Current State of Adolescent Literacy Achievement: Results from State Assessments |
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What We Present in This Chapter |
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Performance of Elementary School Students |
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Reading Assessments: Overall Pass Rates |
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Reading Assessments: Differences in Performance Among Students, Disaggregated by Race/Ethnicity and Poverty Status |
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Performance of Middle School Students |
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Reading Assessments: Overall Pass Rates |
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Reading Assessments: Differences in Performance Among Students, Disaggregated by Race/Ethnicity and Poverty Status |
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Performance of High School Students |
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Student Performance on Graduation Assessments |
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Student Performance on High School Assessments Not Required for Graduation |
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The Current State of Adolescent Literacy Achievement: Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress |
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Performance of 4th-Graders |
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Reading Assessment: Overall Proficiency Rates |
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Reading Assessment: Differences in Performance Among Students, Disaggregated by Race/Ethnicity and Poverty Status |
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Performance of 8th-Graders |
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Reading Assessment: Overall Proficiency Rates |
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Reading Assessment: Differences in Performance Among Students, Disaggregated by Race/Ethnicity and Poverty Status |
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The Current State of Adolescent Literacy Achievement: Reconciling Results from State and National Assessments |
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Overall Proficiency Rates |
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Differences in Performance of Subgroups |
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Conclusions and Policy Implications |
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Meeting State and National Literacy Goals: A Long Uphill Road |
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Multiple Sources of Data Regarding Literacy Achievement Help Provide a More Complete Picture |
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References |
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