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Attainment and Adjustment in Two Geographical Areas

II—The Prevalence of Specific Reading Retardation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. Berger ,
W. Yule  and
M. Rutter
M. Berger
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology
W. Yule
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology
M. Rutter
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
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It is generally thought that there is considerable regional variation in rates of educational retardation. American studies have shown that reading difficulties are considerably more prevalent in areas of low social status (Miller et al., 1957; Eisenberg, 1966), and Eisenberg (1966) found that inner city children had the lowest reading attainments. The National Child Development study (Davie et al., 1972) showed that reading standards were higher in Scotland than in England, and the Inner London Education Authority (1970) has shown that London primary school children have an average reading level below national norms. In south-east England, Morris (1959 and 1966) showed that levels of reading skills varied according to the characteristics of the schools the children attended. In Japan, a survey using teacher judgements has suggested that the prevalence of reading disability is greatly below that in Western countries (Makita, 1968).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 126 , Issue 6 , June 1975 , pp. 510 - 519
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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