Broad and major concerns dealing with reading are set forth in this monograph to provoke discussion and examination by both researchers and practitioners. In Part 1, Kenneth S. Goodman presents a psycholinguistic view of language and reading (within a transformational-generative framework) as essentially a set of processes of recoding, decoding, and encoding leading to comprehension--the real objective of reading. A model of the reading process is included, plus four diagrams showing processes in spoken language, early reading, proficient reading, and oral reading. In Part 2, Olive S. Miles focuses on the framework for a secondary school reading program: appropriate climates for reading, development of curriculum, recent trends, evaluation of organizational structure, teacher selection and preparation, and materials--library materials, content area materials, and reading instruction skills materials. (This document previously announced as ED 045 664.) (JMC)