Purpose, Scope, and Method of Study. The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the curricular and instructional approaches of 3 Oklahoma elementary schools that demonstrated success in promoting and/or sustaining improvement in reading achievement. This qualitative study relied on a multiple case design utilizing participants based on…

This study is a final evaluation of the Harding, Oklahoma, Right to Read project covering the time period from the summer of 1972 through the summer of 1974. The purposes of the longitudinal study were to describe each phase of the project and to answer two questions: What was the nature of inservice training given to teachers? What classroom…