Intended to give attention to instruction in reading in the middle grades and beyond, this yearbook includes the following essays: (1) "The Challenge to Education to Produce Literate Citizens" (Alan C. Purves and Olive S. Niles); (2) "The Role of Print as a Medium in Our Society" (Charles Suhor); (3) "The Context of Literacy in Our Society" (Jerome C. Harste and Larry J. Mikulecky); (4) "Unity in Reading" (Kenneth S. Goodman); (5) "Reading Strategies for Expository and Literary Text Types" (Richard Beach and Deborah Appleman); (6) "On Becoming a Thoughtful Reader: Learning to Read Like a Writer" (P. David Pearson and Robert J. Tierney); (7) "Planning the Reading Program" (Harold L. Herber and Joan Nelson-Herber); (8) "Resources and Their Use for Reading Instruction" (Jeanne S. Chall and Sue S. Conard); (9) "The Development of Effective Teaching" (H. Alan Robinson and Kathleen Schatzberg); and (10) "Evaluation and Secondary Reading Programs" (Roger Farr and Robert L. Wolf). (SRT)