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There is need of a general reorganization of instruction in 

 reading in order to improve the quality of the results which 

 are secured. Oral reading should be emphasized more effect- 

 ively in the lower grades in order to give more time for silent 

 reading instruction in the intermediate and grammar grades. 



2. The wide variation in the results secured in different 

 cities justifies the recommendation that a careful study be 



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Diagram 11. A\t^rage Quality Scores in Silent Reading for Indiana 

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made of the methods and materials employed in the success- 

 ful schools in order that effective changes might be introduced 

 into the less successful classrooms. 



3. The irregular progress made in some cities suggests 

 the need of frequent objective studies of achievement in read- 

 ing in order that the character of the progress which is made 

 may be determined, and in order that additional emphasis may 

 be given to those phases of instruction where emphasis is most 

 needed. 



