Proposes a diacritical marking system for occasional use in initial reading instruction. (RB)

Argues that reading is more than the sum of its component skills and that it is an integral part of the language acquisition process which starts at birth and continues through life. (RB)

Documents the high degree of similarity between basic word lists derived from a variety of word lists and the Dolch list. (RB)

Provides a description of the materials and resources available in the Educational Resources Information System and explains how to gain access to the contents. (RB)

Contains the results of a survey into the formal and informal dissemination of information on reading tests by the Schools' Psychological Services and Remedial Education Services. (RB)

Presents a collection of personal observations and data made over a period of seven years of teaching remedial students to read. (RB)

Argues that reading teachers should begin to think of teaching reading as a science in terms of applied practices, efficient methodologies, and expert technique. (RB)

Describes a teaching technique in reading which uses thirty-one basic pictures for the twenty-six alphabet sounds plus the five vowels to help students master the sound-symbol relationship more quickly. (RB)

Discusses a series of steps teachers can follow to provide help for students who are experiencing reading difficulty. (RB)

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One of the programs included in "Effective Reading Programs...," this program's goals are to improve children's reading ability, to provide each child with an individually tailored instruction prescription based on diagnosed needs, and to involve the community in a democratic process of planning and helping. The program is operated in…

Based on recommendations of the Harvard Report on Reading, a 33-item instrument was sent to a small sample of school districts originally surveyed to see the amount of implementation a decade later. Because only a small sample was surveyed, the states are grouped into seven regions. Measures of implementation based on the percentage of…