Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
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Passing the Passport The number of 6th graders who passed all three parts off the Literacy Passport Test declined in 1994. .
73.2%