Despite rising school enrolments, in many places learning achievement has remained very low. Crawford et al. analyse data on half a million pupils from 48 low- and middle-income countries and find that children fall further behind literacy benchmarks with each grade. They suggest that a greater focus on phonics instruction and decoding skills may improve outcomes.

中文翻译：

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低收入和中等收入国家的儿童扫盲


尽管入学率有所提高，但在许多地方，学习成绩仍然很低。Crawford 等人分析了来自 48 个低收入和中等收入国家的五十万学生的数据，发现儿童在每个年级的读写能力基准上都进一步落后。他们认为，更加注重语音教学和解码技能可能会改善结果。