But it's also easy to sympathize with the poor readers who can't tell a good script from a bad.
The improved spatial abilities in poor readers, for instance, may be explained by the child's less developed language skills.
The audience extends a giant moist hand and strokes the poor reader's hair.
The literacy level of the reader is also probably important (poor readers need shorter sentences).
That overreliance on memory could help explain the persistence of these poor readers' problems.
It is now apparent that poor readers can be meaningfully divided into two groups.
While you can imagine that writers would want to cut out the publisher, one feels sorry for the poor reader.
A comparison group of 12 poor readers continued to receive their school's normal remedial help: about an hour a week.
The publishers are pricing many new or poorer readers out of the market.
Last year the school was able to get money to provide after-school tutoring for its poorest readers five days a week.