The purpose of this study was to assess the extent of the relationship between test data of problem readers diagnosed in a reading center and the kinds of recommendations made by a reading specialist at the center in the areas of phonics and comprehension. A second dimension was to assess the agreement of the diagnoses in the areas of phonics and…

The Basic Skill Centers (BSC) program was developed to help students, primarily from the inner-city Target Area schools of Minneapolis, learn to read. The BSC approach was remedial, and each year more than 700 students, the majority in grades four through six, participated in the program. In 1969-70 the Talking Typewriter was one major aspect of…

Through cooperation with Valparaiso University, schools in northwest Indiana provided specialized personnel to assist the disabled reader through diagnosis and prescriptive recommendations and to assist teachers with the improvement of reading instruction. The project included the following programs: (1) the Northwest Indiana Elementary and…

This report discusses the fourth year of a remedial reading program for disadvantaged second-through-fourth-grade pupils. Separate sections deal with program goals and objectives; selection of participants; reading resource centers; measurement and analysis of reading achievement, self-concept attitudes toward reading, attendance, and parental…

Describes a college developmental reading laboratory model using peer tutors to provide training in comprehension study skills. Reports the results of a study evaluating the impact of training on student performance from the perspective of the participants. (MM)

Concludes that subjects in a clinic setting developed a variety of reading and writing strategies to enable them to succeed during their time at the clinic and that helped them maintain their processing--in spite of questionable teaching practices. (FL)

Describes the process by which an individualized instruction reading test program was developed. (CRH)

The reading clinic at the University of Virginia continues to refine its test battery every year: a new refinement involves collection of more naturalistic language samples and writing samples to add depth to the understanding of children's developing language structures. The "tell a story to get a story" protocol provides a method for new…

Describes various facets of Washington, D. C.'s Coolidge High School's reading program, including the student lounge and the inservice teacher training program. (VJ)

Describes the impact of the Reading Miscue Inventory (RMI) on the case study results of two primary grade students and one seventh grade student who had been referred to a college reading clinic. (FL)

The 1983-84 Chapter II Reading and Mathematics Lab Program of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District is evaluated in this report. The first section describes the program. Topics covered include the history of the program, the educational activities carried out under its aegis, how instruction was organized, theories utilized…

WHENEVER IT BECOMES NECESSARY FOR A PUPIL TO RECEIVE EXTRA HELP OUTSIDE THE REGULAR CLASSROOM, HE IS INVOLVED IN REMEDIAL READING. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION IS MORE HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED THAN REGULAR READING INSTRUCTION, AND IS TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS ON THE BASIS OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. MOTIVATION IS IMPORTANT TO ALL REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION, FOR…

THE METHODS AND MATERIALS USED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA ADVANCEMENT SCHOOL FOR TEACHING REMEDIAL AND CORRECTIVE READING TO UNDERACHIEVING EIGHTH-GRADE BOYS ARE DESCRIBED. THE AUTHORS BELIEVE THE PATTERN OF DIAGNOSIS, GROUPING, INSTRUCTION, ASSESSMENT, AND REGROUPING IS CENTRAL TO DETERMINING THE CAUSES OF POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG STUDENTS OF…

Designed to provide ideas for developing and implementing a reading skills center for secondary schools, this document focuses on the needs of students who can be helped in the typical school setting and presents suggestions for helping students who have profound reading or language deficits. The contents outline in detail the many facets involved…