This quantitative study examined the data collected from the students who participated in a reading intervention and compared their growth rate after one year of implementation to their growth rate prior to the intervention. The study was conducted in an affluent school corporation located in Indiana. The study evaluated the effectiveness of this…

This issue of the "Hoosier Schoolmaster of the Seventies" has as its theme "The Reading Effectiveness Program." The contents include: "Superintendent's Message," which discusses the Indiana Department of Public Instruction's commitment to improving the reading skill of Indiana citizens; "Teaching the…

A STUDY GROUP ON READING WAS HELD AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, FROM JANUARY 21 THROUGH JANUARY 26, 1963. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING OF LEADING SCHOLARS, DRAWN CHIEFLY FROM THE FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS, WAS (1) TO EXPLORE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF EXISTING THEORIES AND RESEARCH ON READING, (2) TO DISCUSS ITS…

Attention to school libraries must be at the heart of any comprehensive plan for improving youth literacy. Excellent school libraries are essential if young people are to have access to the reading resources to help them gain the level of literacy achievement vital to meeting the challenge of the twenty-first century. Sections of the booklet…