The purpose of this article is to describe a 40+ year journey during which researchers have endeavored to design and evaluate an integrated, empirically based reading intervention for secondary students and to chronicle the lessons learned as well as suggest future directions for this type of work. Initial development of the intervention began in…

Minnesota Reading Corps is the largest AmeriCorps State program in the country. Its mission is to help every Minnesota child become a proficient reader by the end of third grade. To meet this goal, the Minnesota Reading Corps and its host organization, ServeMinnesota Action Network, engages a diverse group of AmeriCorps members to provide…

This report presents early findings from the Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) study--a demonstration and rigorous evaluation of two supplemental literacy programs that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth-grade readers. focuses on the first of two cohorts of ninth-grade students who will…

Offers a broad overview of the developmental reading program at Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Discusses the unwritten and written course goals, the administration of the reading program, and four aspects of the organization (courses, conferences, evaluation, and use of support services). (MS)

The reading program planning procedures presented in this manual are based upon material developed by the National Right to Read Program. The contents include: "Introduction"; "Step One: Right to Read Center Data," which discusses the establishment of baseline data for a particular school; "Step Two: Needs Assessment…

The materials and procedures used by the Fountain Valley School District, California, to implement their reading program are described. Included are a description of the reading principles on which the program is based and information on methodology and organizational procedures. Also described are lists of state-adopted texts, summaries of basic…

This design for the second year of a study of elementary school reading instruction conducted by the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools' Department of Educational Accountability is based on knowledge gained from the first year of the study which examined not only reading comprehension instruction in the elementary school, but also school…

This paper argues that to be successful, a reading program must incorporate a synthesis from Robinson and Rauch (1965) which states that a reading program should be planned cooperatively by the total school community; integrate the language arts with all subject areas; plan for continuity of reading interests, achievement, and development; provide…

The New England Consortium criteria of excellence are 26 statements of conditions which describe a quality reading program and which must exist if all children are to learn to read. These statements are grouped under five goal areas, the second of which, organizing and managing a reading program, is treated in this position paper. The paper…

This report was written in response to requests from the Office of Long Range Planning (OLRP) of the New York State Education Department (SED). The work covers two different areas: the continuation of program analyses and the continuation of program designs addressing problems of educational accountability. As a result of SED resource allocation…

This paper argues that the dynamics of a successful college tutorial program should include the following components: well planned objectives, goals, and standards; enough capable staff; an inservice training program; adequate financing and space; efficient paper management procedures; and an effective means of evaluation including the willingness…

This book presents an organizational model for reading program development. Following an overview of the program-planning/needs-assessment design, two sections of the book explain the step-by-step procedures of the model, focusing first on program planning, then on needs assessment. The section on program planning discusses ways of identifying and…

This paper describes the Diagnostic Reading Clinic program, which is part of the Cleveland School System. The first section is an introduction which focuses on the needs and rationale of the program, the goals and objectives of the program, the historical background of the program, and the questions to be answered by evaluating the effectiveness…

Based on the belief that the transition from learning to read to reading to learn can be facilitated by tailoring learning experiences to individual preferences, this book describes an affective-based 3-week summer reading program for students entering first through sixth grades. The first part of the book describes the philosophy of the program,…

The Talking Typewriter program has operated in the Cleveland Public Schools as a strategy to improve the reading skills of identified fourth and fifth grade pupils in Title I schools. A responsive environment, augmented with selected materials, special teaching techniques, and the availability of trained staff formed the core of an instructional…