This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 22 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the effects of a federal compensatory reading program on academic achievement; variables affecting the reading growth rate of learning disabled children; enhancement of the reading achievement of minority children; reading programs for American Indian students; the language-learning system approach to reading; effects of correction and reward procedures on word reading skills of disabled readers; a program to improve reading, self concept, and classroom behavior; the influence of social reinforcement on reading behavior; grapheme discrimination training in children predicted to develop reading difficulties; a reading program for mildly handicapped children; the use of college students as reading tutors and contingency managers for adolescents; the effect of Head Start experiences on academic achievement; a migrant children's supplementary reading program in Florida; the effect of perceptual training in the classroom; teachers' perceptions of characteristics of underachievers in reading; and variables related to student progress in a reading tutorial program. (GW)