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Article: Dyslexia Action calls for urgent investment to stem UK reading crisis.
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- September 28, 2006
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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 September 2006-Dyslexia Action: Dyslexia Action calls for urgent investment to stem UK reading crisis
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Dyslexia Action, the UK's largest dyslexia charity, is marking its Dyslexia Awareness Week (2-9 October) with a call for urgent investment in the teaching of reading in the UK.
Recently published statistics reveal worryingly low reading attainment among UKchildren. The latest DfES report1 shows that the proportion of fourteen-year-olds achieving Level 5 in English fell by two percentage points to 72% this year. One in five eleven-year-olds leaves primary school without a ...