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 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…

AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE READING COORDINATOR'S TASK IS CONCERNED WITH CORRECTIVE WORK IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS. COORDINATORS SERVE AS CONSULTANTS TO TEACHERS. IN ADDITION, THEY MAY BE EXPECTED TO WORK WITH SMALL GROUPS OF UNDER-ACHIEVERS TO MOTIVATE AND STIMULATE THEM TO MEET SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS WITH SOME DEGREE OF SUCCESS. WORK MAY INVOLVE GUIDANCE…

The consultant function has great potential for creating positive and worthwhile changes in the reading program. The degree of success attained will be determined by the clarity with which the role is defined and responsibilities delineated, an understanding of the interrelationships between consultant responsibilities and those of other…

Presents results of a questionnaire profiling duties and concerns of state and provincial reading consultants in the United States and Canada. (TO)

Views controversies over the Miller-Unruh Reading Act as the origin of total state involvement in the teaching of reading in California. (MD)

Offers two scenarios which helped change the author's practice as a reading coordinator and helped her teachers explore personal research questions. (MG)

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

Presents a useful instrument which determines what administrators and teachers expect of reading specialists. (RB)

In St. Paul (Minnesota) a certified reading consultant is assigned to each secondary school to provide initial and continuous inservice to English teachers who then teach developmental reading classes as part of the communication curriculum. (Author/MLF)

Presents the findings of a study of the attitudes of classroom teachers toward reading consultants. (DD)

Reviews formal and informal reading achievement and diagnostic tests, evaluating them to see how they measure reading and spelling abilities within the framework of component-view of reading. Discusses recent attempts to develop alternate assessments. Concludes that school psychologists and reading specialists should be familiar with these…

Struggling readers often fail to complete homework or complete it in a slipshod, haphazard fashion. Often, this adversely affects grades, erodes motivation for academics, and causes conflict between readers, parents, and school personnel. To help teachers and educational consultants (e.g., reading specialists, school psychologists) help struggling…