The California Right to Read program is for schools interested in changing or revising their reading programs. Right to Read offers services and materials designed to guide schools through program planning. This approach is based on the philosophy that California Right to Read can most effectively serve a school by working with its staff to plan…

This paper describes the activities of the National Institute of Education (NIE) in reading research and development with particular emphasis on the Essential Skills Program. The Essential Skills Program's purpose is to aid all children in obtaining skills necessary to function in society. The paper is divided into three categories: activities…

This pamphlet outlines various activities and decisions implemented by the Maryland State Reading Plan. "Maryland's Reading Groups" discusses the four groups formed to focus on the general field of reading and its improvement. "The State Reading Plan" looks at the seven goals of the plan, objectives adopted for helping students…

This paper provides a definition of the characteristics necessary for a quality reading program in a Right to Read local education agency. Against these criteria the Right to Read Advisory Council of the local education agency may evaluate its current program. Through a comparison of current practices with what should be, existing strengths may be…

This brochure and research-and-development review describe three elementary schools in the Atlanta School System which were involved in the Right to Read project. Discussed are the assumptions on which the local program was based; the design for a six pronged approach to achievement in the three schools, including school tone, teaching style,…

Criteria representative of an exemplary reading program and defining the components and levels of school accountability for the Michigan Right to Read program are presented in this paper. Several components, including administration and organization, students/learners, needs assessment, delivery system/curriculum, delivery system/resources,…

This booklet presents the inservice model which has been developed through the combined efforts of reading specialists in the State of Missouri and is designed to aid school districts in setting up an exemplary reading program. The contents include; "Rationale of the Model for Reading Inservice," which discusses the impetus that stimulated the…

Presented in this paper are criteria developed by the states of Washington and Alabama of what is believed to be a quality reading program. "State of Washington Criteria Leading to Excellence in Reading Programming" consists of a list of 25 statements that are reflective of a good reading program. Some of these are that there is…

One purpose of this project was to develop positive attitudes and knowledge of evaluation philosophy and techniques at the local building level. A set of procedures and instruments was devised through the efforts of the project staff to train participants to plan and carry out activities appropriate for assessing the particular educational needs…

An introduction to a collection or bank of reading objectives devised to aid school personnel in planning, conducting, and evaluating instructional programs, this manual contains: an "Introduction" which discusses the rationale for the System for Pupil and Program Evaluation and Development (SPPED), the development of the SPPED reading objectives,…

As a part of the Institute for Services to Education's (ISE) continuing effort to revise the curriculum and pedagogy of the Thirteen-College Curriculum Program (TCCP), the English staff of ISE brought reading specialists from the consortia schools together during the 1972 summer conference to examine the relationship of reading to TCCP. An…

Intended for the use of the reading teacher and principal in the local school in setting up the program for the reading teacher in the school, this document presents guidelines for the current functioning of the program, describes the developing role of the reading teacher, and details steps that must be taken on a county level and building level…

The criteria for excellence in reading presented in this paper are intended to be used by local school districts, and it is their prerogative to determine how to achieve the criteria based on local conditions, needs, capabilities, and desires. The contents include: "The Learner," which suggests that the learner should be guided to read…

The purpose of this project was to determine if the present undergraduate and graduate reading curriculum at Kansas State College of Pittsburg (KSCP) should be revised to better prepare teachers to teach reading to rural disadvantaged youth in Southeast Kansas. A survey instrument was developed and sent to teachers who had attended KSCP within the…

This paper discusses a 3-year project conducted at two universities and aimed at providing an ongoing evaluation of teachers of reading. The contents include a review of the literature on teaching behaviors in reading; a theoretical concept of evaluation within which the program operates; seven theoretical questions which look at a definition of…