PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO EVALUATE AND TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING OF READING AND ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ARE DESCRIBED BRIEFLY. THE DESCRIPTIONS OF PROGRAMS ARE ARRANGED BY STATE AND BY LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION. THE NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL ARE INDICATED CLEARLY. THE INVENTORY INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING KINDS OF ACTIVITIES--(1) ACTION PROGRAMS TO EXPLOIT ADVANCES IN LINGUISTIC SCIENCE AND RELATED FIELDS, (2) PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES TO EXPLORE WAYS OF HANDLING THE SPECIAL LANGUAGE PROBLEMS OF SPEAKERS OF NONSTANDARD VARIETIES OF ENGLISH, (3) SCHOOL-BASED COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS, (4) STUDIES OF LANGUAGE ARTS AND ENGLISH CURRICULA WITH A VIEW TO MODIFICATION OR REVISION, (5) PROJECTS TO PREPARE NEW TEACHING MATERIALS AND/OR TESTS, (6) PROJECTS TO EXPLOIT AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, AND (7) SCHOLARLY RESEARCH DIRECTLY RELATED TO ANY OF THE ABOVE. PROJECTS INCLUDED WERE NOT COMPLETED PRIOR TO AUGUST 1965. (RH)