This monograph is the first in a series of semiannual reports focusing on research related to reading in secondary schools. The first section includes three reviews of literature specifically related to word analysis instruction for adolescents and to reading programs that have been examined from a research perspective. Of the two papers in the second section, one deals with the generalization of reading research conducted with elementary school students to support the use of certain activities with adolescents, and one suggests that reading specialists can and should conduct meaningful research. (FL)