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The Basic Essential Skills Test was administered to the students in March, 1981, at the end of their eighth year of schooling, while the Nelson Reading Test was administered to them in September, 1981, at the beginning of their ninth year. The data from the variables were analyzed using a multiple regression analysis formula. The results of the statistical analysis indicated a correlation between objectives six (measuring perimeter, area, and volume), twelve (identifying horizontal, vertical, and intersecting lines), and thirteen (identifying geometric figures) from the Basic Essential Skills Test and the vocabulary subtest on the Nelson Reading Test. 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