"Millions of American schoolchildren are victims of the worst reading crisis in history, despite massive No Child Left Behind reforms. Nearly 70% of America's fourth and eighth graders still cannot read at grade level," says Pat Wyman, best selling author of Learning vs Testing. "We may have overlooked the most obvious problem of all - inadequate school vision screenings".

Santa Rosa, CA (PRWEB) November 6, 2006 -- The audience gasped at a bookstore talk, when Pat Wyman, author of Learning vs Testing, revealed that that nearly 70% of America's fourth and eighth graders still do not read at grade level, in spite of massive No Child Left Behind reforms.

In her Learning vs Testing book, Wyman attributes many of the nation's reading problems to inadequate school vision screenings, because they are unrelated to reading. "How many children read their books from 20 feet away while covering one eye?" she asked amidst the chuckles.

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