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Montoya, Colleen, Ed. – R&D Alert, 1999
This quarterly newsletter covers educational issues affecting schools in WestEd's 4-state region (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah) and nationwide. This Summer 1999 edition contains a lead article entitled "Reading for Understanding: A Modern Urban Success Story," which describes a course in "academic literacy," developed…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Effectiveness
Pinette, Clayton, Ed.; Smith, Kent, Ed. – Forum for Reading: The Journal for College Reading Improvement, 1979
Five essays for reading instructors at two-year colleges are provided in this issue of "Forum for Reading." First, Kent Smith notes the increased recruitment of underprepared students and argues that colleges are responsible for assuring that admissions personnel, administrators, and faculty know the types of students they can and cannot…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, High Risk Students, Open Enrollment, Program Effectiveness


