Lexical expertise and reading skill: An experimental analysis of individual differences in written language proficiency

联邦政府目前的扫盲教学全国调查强调了以证据为基础的扫盲教学和评估方法的重要性。相当多的研究和政策努力已经指向早期阅读计划。对儿童以后的阅读理解和拼写能力发展的评价则少得多，但成年人的这些技能差异很大，影响到教育和职业机会。这项对阅读和拼写技能的潜在因素的调查将提供证据，有助于制定教育政策和学校教育后期的课程。

The Federal Government's current National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy highlights the importance of an evidence-based approach to teaching and assessing literacy. Considerable research and policy effort has been directed towards early reading programs. Much less attention has been paid to evaluating children's later development of reading comprehension and spelling proficiency, but there is wide diversity in these skills within the adult population that influence educational and vocational opportunity. This investigation of the factors underlying expertise in reading and spelling will provide evidence that can contribute to developing educational policy and curricula for the later stages of schooling.