This study was an experimental investigation designed to ascertain the effectiveness of a technique for predicting student success in a special reading program. The disparity between a student's score on a reading test taken silently and his score on an equivalent form which was read orally by the investigator as the student read it silently was…

In this evaluation of the effectiveness of a developmental, individualized reading program in grades six, eight, nine, and eleven, emphasis was placed on diagnostic and prescriptive procedures within a laboratory setting. Interaction between students and teacher-counselors was on a one-to-one basis. The nine-week program included pretesting,…