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Abstract: The aim of the study was to compare the reading skills among urban and rural elementary school children. The study to compare the reading skills between rural and urban elementary school children and to determine the association between reading skills of urban and rural elementary school children with the demographic variables. A descriptive design was adopted. Fifty urban and fifty rural elementary school children were selected by using cluster random sampling technique in Tirupati, to assess the reading skills by using the structured questionnaire. Bibliography 1. mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/Children_in_India_2012.pdf 2. http://www.squidoo.com/reasons-why-education-is-important-for-children 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_India 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_India 5. http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/literacy-rate.html 6. http://mhrd.gov.in/schemes_home 7. http://www.glad2bawoman.com/women-empowerment/education/government initiatives-improve-literacy-rate-women-india 8. http://infochangeindia.org/agenda/child-rights-in-india/status-of-children-in-india.html 9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_India 10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_India 11. http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/jblanton/read/readingdef.htm 12. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_definition_of_reading_skills 13. http://www.readingglassesshopper.com/reading-comprehension-elementary.html 14. http://www.learningrx.com/student-reading-skills-faq.htm 15. www.medicinehealth.com.2009january 16. http://www.gaps.org.au/activities/36-education/68-education_1importance 17. http://mathandreadinghelp.org/elementary_reading_skills.html 18. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/1215/p2079.html 19. http://www.braintrain.com/tntreadingtutor 20. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20496023 21. www.iea-irc.org/fileadmin/IRC_2010_papers/PIRLS/Geske_Ozola.pdf 22. Denise F. Polit, chery tatano. “A text book of nursing research, generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice”, 8th edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins company, wolters movier publications, New Delhi, 2008; pp:272-273. pholadelphia, Lippincott publications, 2002, pp:532-537. 23. Melanie M.C Theoretical Basis for nursing, 2nd edition, pholadelphia, Lippincott publications, 2002, pp:532-537 24. http://www.readingrockets.org/article/352/ http://www.englishclub.com/reading/what.htm