Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h4DIbkC25521; Tue, 13 May 2003 14:37:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:37:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1A297ECD.73D1086A.0BDE6788@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MarkH38514@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3974] Diet and NALS? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: RO Content-Length: 1100 Lines: 20 >From a recent Minneapolis StarTribune article-- "Standardized testing is supposed to expose the nation's failing schools and force them to reform their teaching methods. Turns out it can also reform school menus. Two economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research studied school menus in Virginia before and after the state's test season. Schools that had low test scores were attempting to raise them by boosting lunch menus by at least 100 calories--to about 860 calories--on test days. Reformers take note: It worked. The schools with supersized meals had measurably higher pass rates for fifth-grade math, history, and English tests." If true, and if this generalizes to other people on test-taking days, might it be possible that some of the low literacy scores on the NALS might be diet-related--especially for elderly test takers who may have inadequate nutrition? Mark Hochhauser For more information: Mark Hochhauser, Ph.D. Readability Consultant 3344 Scott Avenue North Golden Valley, MN 55422 Phone: (763) 521-4672 Fax: (763) 521-5069 E-mail: MarkH38514@aol.com
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