Presents results from a survey in the United States that provides some indication of how reading specialists fulfill their roles and how they offer students effective literacy instruction. Notes that the goal was to investigate what reading specialists do so that educators could better understand how they provide services to students and teachers.…

Presents a list of task competencies that identifies the critical areas in which a reading specialist performs and provides a basis for judgments affecting the revision and initiation of graduate reading programs. (RB)

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…

This collection of papers presents many practical procedures for improving secondary school instruction in the several content areas. Topics included are principles and procedures in corrective reading, diagnostic techniques, the role of a reading consultant in the content areas, the use of writing to help poor readers, corrective reading in the…

The College of Education at Texas Woman's University developed an undergraduate teacher preparation program with a specialization in reading for both elementary and secondary education majors. Graduate programs leading to both master's and doctor's degrees in reading are also available. A reading laboratory has been designed to accommodate…

It is essential that everyone connected with the supervision of reading be trained so that a system of analyzing reading instruction can be effected. Based on the assumption that the most effective supervision occurs in a one-to-one situation, the training program presented in this document centers on a workshop on supervision with four specific…

This collection of papers presents many practical procedures for improving secondary school instruction in the several content areas. Topics included are principles and procedures in corrective reading, diagnostic techniques, the role of a reading consultant in the content areas, the use of writing to help poor readers, corrective reading in the…

This handbook discusses various topics of interest to reading consultants for the elementary level: beginning reading, word recognition, phonics, vocabulary development, comprehension, reading skills in the content area, individualized approaches to instruction, creative reading, the disadvantaged child, audiovisual aids, reading speed, reading…

In this study, classroom teachers were found to value the reading specialists' role as resource person more highly than any of their other roles. (MKM)

Reading specialists can and should take action that will help determine the nature of public policies affecting reading. (MKM)

Discusses the contradictions found in recommendations for direction instruction or informal math language development, and some suggestions for practical resolution of disagreements, to enable school reading specialists to provide both background and practical help to classroom instructors teaching math. (HTH)

Describes a resource teacher's efforts to implement a program to improve reading at the secondary level in a Florida school. Offers activities used in the program. (FL)

Discusses the role of the reading specialist acting as a clinical supervisor of reading teachers. Provides a format for conferences between specialist and classroom teacher. (AEA)