The problem, she told me, is that many of the job applicants they receive are still missing basic reading and writing skills for the job (both in the US and in India).

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The goal is to create a problem for which students would use historical context along with reading skills to interpret a text.

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Because this trick does not require any reading skills it might be employed to check children for incipient dyslexia before they began school.

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She says it's typical for the kids who read to dogs for just 20 minutes a week to improve their reading skills by a couple of grade levels in one school year.

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For both Mr Ryan and Mrs Galloway, poor behaviour is inextricably linked to poor reading skills.

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Their reading and maths skills tend to decline when they're away from school and this is particularly true for children from poorer backgrounds.

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