Since 2007, Texas' reading scores had been declining, and there was a shortage of qualified teachers trained in effective reading practices. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) conceptualized Reading Academies where teachers learn, practice, implement and reflect. Cohort Leaders serve as the lead facilitators for the new K-3 Reading Academies. TEA…

In second-language reading (L2), the amount of opportunity to practice the second language is vital to reading proficiency. Also, research informs us that pupils' performance in reading is enhanced to a great extent by the amount of reading they do out of school. The amount of reading pupils engage in outside of school also tends to positively…

This study evaluates the impacts and costs of the Reading Partners program, which uses community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to struggling readers in under-resourced elementary schools. The evaluation uses an experimental design. Students were randomly assigned within 19 different Reading Partners sites to a program or control…

Many high school teachers and administrators think that reading instruction belongs in the lower grades. But according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only 31% of eighth graders read at or above the proficient level, which means that many are entering high school unprepared for its advanced textbook reading and language…

GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading laboratories. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The six chapters of the guide deal with (1) the roles and relationships of the reading laboratory teacher, principal, curriculum coordinator, reading clinician, classroom teacher, and pupil; (2) utilization of reading laboratory facilities, including…

Traces the organization and development of a central county reading clinic with facilities for diagnosis, remediation, and teacher training to supplement 30 satellite clinics in individual schools. (MD)

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)

Presents guidelines for teachers who would like to set up a reading center but are unclear about where to start. (RB)

The management of a reading program should be based on objectives rather than on tasks. There are eight functions that apply to successful management: planning, organization, staffing, direction, control, innovation, representation, and communication. The R3C concept (reading coordinator, reading committee, reading center) is helpful to delegate…

The author describes the program at the reading laboratory at Golfview Elementary School, Rocklege, Florida. The lab is for both students and teachers; its program focuses on the prevention and self-remediation of reading problems by building positive attitudes and interests. (Author)

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND A SATELLITE PROGRAM OF THE READING AND STUDY SKILLS LABORATORY WAS CONDUCTED AT THE DELTA PHI EPSILON SORORITY HOUSE. AT THE SORORITY'S REQUEST, SPECIAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A CONTROLLED READER, A TACHISTOSCOPE, A TAPE RECORDER WITH TAPES ON ALL PHASES OF THE READING PROGRAM, AND THE POWER AND RATE BUILDERS UNIT OF THE…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS COMPOSED OF 55 CITATIONS RANGING IN DATE FROM 1932 TO 1965. IT IS DESIGNED TO AID THOSE INTERESTED IN SETTING UP A READING CLINIC AND IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS--THE ANNOTATED REVIEWS OF THE ARTICLES SELECTED AND A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS DEALING PRIMARILY WITH A CLINICAL APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF…

The scope, rationale, staff, and instructional methods of the University of California at Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.) reading program are described. U.C.L.A. students come mainly from the upper level of high-school graduates and in college may have very demanding work loads. Consequently, the reading and study center has based its policies on student…

Describes an individualized reading program which uses modular scheduling for more appropriate allocation of time to suit students' needs. (RB)