Pretest posttest quasi experiment to test the claim

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Many elementary schools have implemented a daily "sustained silent reading" period during which students, faculty, and staff spend 15-20 minutes silently reading a book of their choice. Advocates of this policy claim that the activity encourages pleasure reading outside the required silent reading time.

Design a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest quasi-experiment to test this claim. Include a well-reasoned dependent measure as well.

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