This project provided individual and small group remedial reading instruction to pupils in 14 alternative high schools in New York City. Students were assigned on the basis of a minimun of two years retardation in reading skills as determined by standardized reading achievement test scores, recommendations of guidance counselors and staff judgments as to need. All work took place in a specially equipped reading laboratory. A total of 707 pupils were reported as having been tested before and after participation in the program. It was concluded that the program had satisified its statistical objective with respect to improvement of reading skills of pupils on all grade levels. (Author/AM)