The monograph is designed to assist program planning teams in developing language arts programs for hearing-impaired students in regular classrooms. Topics discussed include promising instructional strategies, description and evaluation of materials, and effective assessment instruments. The first section on instructional strategies covers facilitating individualized services for hearing-impaired students in the regular classroom, basal readers, reading strategies, suggestions for teaching spelling and vocabulary, strategies for developing written English competence, and games for learning language arts. The next section, on materials developed for hearing-impaired students, offers descriptions and evaluations of the following materials or computer programs: "Apple Tree" Language Program; "Communicative Competence" (a functional pragmatic language program); "Many Meanings" (a multiple meaning workbook); "Reading Milestones"; "TSA Syntax Program"; and "T-Language Kits." Ten recommended readings on language arts are listed, as is a booklet on hearing aids. The extensive appendix is a guide to the assessment of communication skills. Guidelines for evaluation of language and reading problems are followed by recommendations for the selection of assessment instruments and summaries of 15 instruments. Each summary includes title, source, a description, uses, problems, and advantages and disadvantages. (DB)