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Providing Reading Competence Feedback to the National School System of Trinidad and Tobago.

The authors report findings from an evaluation of the reading competence of students in selected elementary schools in Trinidad and Tobago. The work was conducted in eight schools and involved the testing of 450 students in standards (grades) 1 and 5 for competence in comprehension, oral reading, an...

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Published in:Reading Teacher Vol. 73; no. 3; pp. 347 - 357
Main Authors: Alexander, Annetta, Wyke, Wallis, Lewis, Theodore, Taylor‐Ryan, Maureen
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Nov/Dec2019
Subjects:
Elementary schools
Reading interests of students
School children
Comprehension
Word recognition
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Summary:The authors report findings from an evaluation of the reading competence of students in selected elementary schools in Trinidad and Tobago. The work was conducted in eight schools and involved the testing of 450 students in standards (grades) 1 and 5 for competence in comprehension, oral reading, and word recognition. Methods and results relating to each of these three areas of inquiry are described.