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USSR
a term that could only be the work of an education bureaucrat with nothing to do, USSR stood for Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading. Used at Moora Primary School (WA) between approx 1978 and 1981. Not sure if this was local usage or imposed by the WA Education Department. Interesting parallel with the old Soviet Union (USSR). Later teachers used 'Silent Reading' which is far more succinct and removes the Soviet/communist connotation of USSR.: Class, today we will start with 20 minutes of USSR.
Contributor's comments: USSR was used when I taught in Victorian Schools around the 80's.
Contributor's comments: [Perth informant] USSR was a legitimate educational program, differing from Silent Reading (which in fact came before USSR). The "uninterrupted" and "sustained", rather than the "silent", were the vital terms. The students (and teacher) were required to read for x minutes without interruption or stopping.
Contributor's comments: I recall this one from living with a teacher in Brisbane in the 80s.
Contributor's comments: This was also used at Mount Pleasant Primary circa 1986 - although, my particular teacher preferred to call it DEAR - Drop Everything And Read.
Contributor's comments: We still had USSR in the early 1990's at Claremont primary school.