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Percentage of Cases of Poor Reading Comprehension at Four Levels of Severity that Scored Adequate in Decoding at Three Levels of Decoding Performance
| Level of Decoding Adequacy Exceeding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Level of Poor Reading Comprehension | 50th percentile | 40th percentile | 30th percentile |
| 20th percentile | 17% | 25% | 36% |
| 15th percentile | 15% | 21% | 32% |
| 10th percentile | 12% | 17% | 27% |
| 5th percentile | 8% | 12% | 20% |
