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…

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…

This paper reports on the progress of the Reading Diagnostic Center at LLincoln University during the year 1972-73. The contents include: "Introduction," which reports on the total (public and nonpublic) students exposed to the center; "Objectives, Activities and Evaluation Plans," which presents the objectives, evaluation, and…

This document reports on Parkway Missouri School District's Right to Read Reading Clinic aimed at improving the reading abilities of elementary school students. The contents consist of objectives, staffing procedures, testing, diagnosis, diagnostic tests, screening tests, case report forms, remediation phases, case study, case report, counselor…

In order to carry out the objective that students identified as retarded in reading will increase their reading achievement ot a predicted level based on accumulated data and diagnostic results, activities centered around three areas of concentration. (1) An exemplary program for the diagnosis of reading disabilities was established. Project area…

To determine whether remedial readers in the Kean College (New Jersey) reading clinic made a significant gain in reading, 70 sample cases were taken from the 128 most recent remediation case studies in the files of the clinic. The sample included only students attending the diagnostic sessions and one remediation session. The remediation sessions…

Describes the evolution, development, and characteristics of a developmental reading program at a private four-year college. Discusses student placement, class structuring, tutoring, and program rationale. (FL)

This document presents a review of the Remedial Reading Project also known as Conquest. This project served 19 Title I elementary schools, two parochial elementary and junior high schools, and four district junior high schools in the St. Louis, Missouri school district. The main components of the project were the reading rooms, reading clinics,…

A study examined the success of a university based reading clinic conducted in the summer of 1979. Twenty-one students, in grades two through nine, participated in the clinic. Each student was pretested using the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test (WRMT) and then assigned to one of four graduate students. An individual educational plan was prepared for…

In 1972 a supportive reading program program to improve the reading achievement of educationally disadvantaged students in second, third, and fourth grades was developed and implemented. This report covers the efforts of the third year of the program (the first two years have been reported previously), which also anticipated improvement in…

The purpose of this study was to survey the provisions for corrective reading in the public elementary schools, particularly in the availability of services, the types of services offered, the degree of satisfaction, and the financial support for remedial programs. A questionnaire was mailed to 412 schools, selected by a stratified random sampling…

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…

Questionnaires were sent to 56 senior colleges, universities and junior colleges, both public and private, in the state of Georgia, seeking to answer the following questions: (1) What are the general characteristics of developmental reading programs in Georgia's colleges? (2) In developmental studies programs, what reading skills are emphasized…

This handbook includes assorted checklists, calendars, guides, and forms to help in managing a high school reading laboratory. The program is based on a diagnostic-prescriptive, skill-centered approach to the teaching of reading. Procedures related to the philosophy of the program, organization and storage of materials, record keeping, and testing…

Offers six suggestions for making the college student's encounter with the reading clinic a pleasant and successful one. (FL)