After a foreword by Patricia McGrath Russavage, this yearbook contains the following eight articles: (1) "IRA Resolution on Literacy Assessment"; (2) "Historical Perspectives by Dale Johnson and S. Jay Samuels" (Shirley A. Wagoner and Janice Almasi); (3) "Report Cards in Literacy Evaluation: Teacher's Training, Practices, and Values" (Peter Afflerbach and Rebecca Bell Sammons); (4) "Building Credibility for Portfolio Assessment" (Patricia McGrath Russavage); (5) "Large Scale Assessment in Maryland: Comments from a Panel of Leading MSPAP Developers, Hannah Kruglanski, Barbara Kapinus, and Trudy Collier" (Suzanne Clewell); (6) "A Comparison of Teacher Read Aloud Practices and Attitudes: 1980-1990" (Steven P. Chasen and Linda B. Gambrell); (7) "Reading Instruction: The Current Myths" (Joan Develin Coley); and (8) "Practical Applications: Integrating Computers, Science, and Literature" (Helene Granof and Marion Richter). Book reviews of Donald Graves' book "Build a Literate Classroom, The Reading-Writing Teacher's Companion" and of Rexford Brown's book "Schools of Thought: How the Politics of Literacy Shape Thinking in the Classroom" conclude the journal. (SR)