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…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 1. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide, an addendum to the main Reading Skills Reference Guide, has preliminary sections explaining the recommended use of worksheets and workbooks, methods of grouping, and testing information. Additional materials for skill development and aids for…

The Reading First initiative is a central part of the federal "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001. Reading First's primary goal is to improve reading instruction and student performance in kindergarten through grade 3. By March 2003 only half of the 50 state plans had been approved for funding. Approved states included seven Southern…

Article is an interview with Mary Austin, author of "The First R" and "The Torchlighters". (GB)

The model consists of: (1) indepth analysis of materials read in school; (2) inservice training program in techniques to enable vocational teachers to incorporate reading skills into their teaching; and (3) development of a reading center for students. Improving students' reading should produce a more effective job candidate. (Author)

Describes the origins and continuing successes of the New Adventure in Learning (NAIL) program in the Leon County (Florida) school district. NAIL's effectiveness in tackling reading problems through a combination of group instruction using basals and newer, diagnostic/prescriptive, individualized techniques has led to the program's national…

Results are presented for 107 dyslexic children who received instruction through a "dyslexia-centered" (structured, sequential, cumulative, and thorough) program at a hospital clinic, a unit attached to a university department, or a private center. This teaching program proved very successful at all three settings. (Author/SJL)

Describes several programs initiated by the New Haven public school system to improve student reading. (DD)

Describes 10 "literacy day" activities that one California elementary school has used successfully schoolwide, typically one such day per month, to make reading fun and purposeful, while developing a sense of community. Includes: spread-a-quilt day; teacher exchange day; turn off the TV; Dr. Seuss day; community readers; schoolwide…

Utah's K-3 Reading Improvement Program provides state matching funds to help districts and charter schools achieve the state's goal of having third graders read at or above grade level. All 40 Utah school districts took part in both Year 1 (2004/05) and Year 2 (2005/06) of the program, and the number of participating charter schools increased in…

The Accelerated Reader/Reading Renaissance program (now called Accelerated Reader Best Classroom Practices) is a guided reading intervention in which teachers direct student reading of text. It involves two components. Reading Renaissance, the first component, is a set of recommended principles on guided reading (or teachers' direction of…

Lists and discusses the basic principles for teaching reading in the remedial classroom at the elementary level. (RB)

Advocates the teaching of study skills in place of speed reading in college reading programs. (RB)

Describes a reading program designed to help slow readers bridge the summer gap between the first and second grade. (RB)