Students who develop proficient reading skills are more likely to experience positive outcomes both in and beyond the school setting. If students start developing strong literacy skills at a young age, they are more likely to perform well in school and achieve academic success. Despite ongoing efforts to support students' development of reading…

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) assesses the reading achievement of fourth-graders and collects data on their teachers' reading instruction practices and strategies. Presenting data from the United States and the 44 other jurisdictions that participated in PIRLS 2006, this Statistics in Brief describes international…

The aim of this study was to determine whether explicit instruction in phonemic awareness and phonemically based decoding skills would be an effective intervention strategy for children with early reading difficulties in a whole language instructional environment. Twenty-four 6- and 7-year-old struggling readers were randomly assigned to an…

Discusses the role of reading specialists in remediating reading difficulties in mainstreamed classrooms. Describes meeting students' needs, planning, and assessment in a mainstreaming with consultation model which seems to be effective. (SR)

The scope, purpose, and services of the reading clinic are defined. (JC)

Describes staff development and program development possibilities for secondary remedial reading programs. (MKM)

Argues that limiting reading specialists to providing diagnosis and remedial instruction is not making full use of their knowledge and training. Asserts that reading specialists should take the lead in enhancing reading instruction by meeting with classroom teachers, doing demonstration teaching, providing inservice lessons, and suggesting…

A pilot study investigated the quality of diagnostic decisions that are made on the basis of a precise model of reading and learning to read. The study was carried out by creating a computer simulated reading clinician that embodied a recent model of the reading process and by observing the behavior of this simulated clinician as it diagnosed…

Through a literature search and survey of 79 schools, the authors gathered answers to these questions about middle school reading programs: What practices are recommended by reading specialists? Are programs developmental and/or remedial? How do programs function in terms of participants, staffing, specialized remedial facilities, instructional…

A study was conducted to determine whether reading specialists' diagnoses lead directly to remedial recommendations. Eight experienced reading specialists were observed during 24 sessions as they performed a series of tasks using three simulated cases of reading difficulty, two of which were thinly disguised versions of the same reading problem.…

The development of the Maine Township (Illinois) Diagnostic and Remedial Learning Centers, a Title III/ESEA project, is described. The remedial learning centers, located in three elementary school districts and in one high school district, are termed model programs because they are designed to treat pupils in that one school. Each learning center…

Discusses the question of who should teach reading to students diagnosed as learning disabled--a reading specialist or a learning disabled teacher. (FL)

The implementation of a content reading program at Urbana High School, Urbana, Illinois, is discussed in this document. Reading staff hired with Title VII funds offered assistance to all teachers in the high school by working with classroom teachers in their classes for 60 minutes of class time per week. Free reading time devoted to high-interest…