Achieving state and national literacy goals; a long uphill road; a report to Carnegie Corporation of New York. (CD-ROM included).LC151 2004-025332 0-8330-3710-2 Achieving state and national literacy goals; a long uphill road; a report to Carnegie Corporation of New York Carnegie Corporation of New York, foundation established (1911) to administer Andrew Carnegie's remaining personal fortune for philanthropic purposes. Initially endowed with $125 million, the foundation received another $10 million from the residual estate. . (CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). included) Title main entry. Ed. by Jennifer Jennifer became a common first name for females in English-speaking countries during the 20th century. The name Jennifer is a Cornish variant of Guinevere, deriving ultimately from Proto-Celtic *windo-seibaro- "white ghost", via Brythonic *wino-hibirā (cf. Sloan McCombs et al. RAND, [c]2005 68 p. $30.00 (pa) At a time when the postsecondary job market increasingly is demanding high literacy skills, the Carnegie Corporation of New York launched an initiative to focus national attention on adolescent literacy Adolescence, the period between age 10 and 19, is a time of rapid psychological and neurological development, during which children develop morally (truly understanding the consequences of their actions), cognitively (problem-solving, reasoning, remembering), and socially (responding to and to advance literacy among young people--defined as encompassing reading and writing in grades 4 through 12-by promoting policy, practice, and research in this field. The current report is a foundational study undertaken over the course of a year to analyze the state of adolescent ad·o·les·cent adj. Of, relating to, or undergoing adolescence. n. A young person who has undergone puberty but who has not reached full maturity; a teenager. achievement in literacy in the US. Its data show that the nation faces a tremendous educational challenge that cannot be solved through standards mandates alone. The report has no subject index. |
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