The articles in this issue reflect the theme effecting change in reading programs. Titles and authors of the articles include the following: (1) "Commentary: Becoming a Nation of Readers--the Undergraduate's View" (Michael P. French); (2) "Implementing a Reading Curriculum for the 80s and 90s" (Doris M. Cook); (3) "Strategic Teaching/Strategic Reading: An Inservice Approach with Promise" (Mary Boyd and Margaret Wilsman); (4) "Improving Reading Instruction in the Classroom: A University Course Format for Staff Development" (Richard J. Smith); (5) "New Perspectives in Effecting Change: Using Newsletters to Inservice Content Teachers" (Doug Buehl, Georgia Cook, Karen Ehlert, Doug Vance); (6) "The Content Determines the Process: An Ignored Relationship in Content Area Reading" (Cyrus F. Smith, Jr.); (7) "Writing to Learn in Social Studies" (Carol Santa, Valli Ostrem, Jim Scalf); (8) "The Classroom Teacher as an Action Researcher: Changing the Basal Reader Reading Period" (Mary Jett-Simpson); (9) "Modifying Reading Software" (Paul J. Blohm); (10) "Software Review" (Alan L. Jante); (11) "Review of a Resource" (Lee Ann Dubert); and (12) "Schemata" (ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills). (HOD)