Educational leaders need to ask themselves how it is possible that nearly 40% of 329,969 Texas fourth grade students are reading below grade level? With accountability standards rising, how does any school with an at-risk population produce fluent readers and in turn master grade level expectations? Scholars agree that meaning derives from…

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on the effective reading programs as identified by the American Institute for Research (AIR). (RB)

Describes six Right to Read programs funded by Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title II grants.

A READING AND STUDY SKILLS PROGRAM INITIATED IN SEPTEMBER, 1959, IN THE CENTINELA VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SOUTHWEST LOS ANGELES IS DESCRIBED. THE DISTRICT IS COMPOSED OF FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS WITH A TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 6,000 STUDENTS. PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM IS REQUIRED AND IS CONCENTRATED IN THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH…

TWO READING PROGRAMS IN WEST VIRGINIA REPRESENTED TWO DISTINCT SOCIOECONOMIC COUNTIES IN APPALACHIA. PROGRAM 1 REPRESENTED A COUNTY WITH ISOLATED SCHOOLS. PROGRAM 2 REPRESENTED A COUNTY WITH AN ACADEMICALLY STRONG COLLEGE AND CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS. BOTH PROGRAMS ATTEMPTED TO TEACH STUDENTS TO READ BETTER AND TO DEVELOP BETTER ATTITUDES. PROGRAM 1…

This pamphlet discusses how Ohio is attempting to meet the challenge to eradicate functional illiteracy within the time span of the 1970's. Included in the contents are: planning guidelines, the organizational structure, the overall objectives of the Ohio program, report of the first year of the program, second year developments and…

This report describes a study of the relationship of instructional process and program organization to pupils' learning in Title I compensatory education projects, as measured by the Stanford Reading Test. This is the first attempt to apply economic input/output methodology to compensatory education. Personnel in 42 projects in 37 California…

Describes a survey which sought to determine and analyze the status, current practices, and philosophies of existing college reading improvement programs in West Virginia. (JM)

A Summer project designed to encourage students to read as a pleasurable and profitable activity is described. (MM)

Explains a grade 4 through 9 reading program in White Plains, New York, which is divided into reading center, individual school, and inservice training components and gives student criteria, reading center organization, instructional procedures used, and reports of progress and future plans. (MD)

Discusses the benefits of implementing the practice of uninterrupted sustained silent reading (U.S.S.R.) in either a single classroom or an entire school building. (AEA)

Discusses four oral reading methods (Neurological Impress Method, Echo Reading, Repeated Readings, and Assisted Reading) in terms of their potential for building fluency. (Author/DB)

Responds to an article ("On Balanced Reading") in the December 1998/January 1999 issue of this journal. Argues for a closer look and more evidence before committing to "balanced" models of literacy education. Discusses criticisms of Reading Recovery programs. (SR)

As the number of learning support assistants (also referred to as classroom assistants, teaching aides, auxiliary support and paraeducators) employed in the primary sector continues to increase, questions concerning the contribution they make to raising standards of attainment remain to be answered. This article reports evidence from a small-scale…