This Yearbook begins with a foreword by Janice F. Almasi that outlines some of the steps that the state of Maryland is taking as a leader in literacy education and literacy assessment, and the eight articles in this edition reflect many of these steps. The articles are: "Three Dialogues about Reading Engagement" (John T. Guthrie); "My Classroom Was Literacy Poor!" (Corinne Pritzlaff Weis): "Read to Somebody Everyday: A Shared Reading Program" (Steven P. Chasen and Gail W. Holt); "Blending Reader Response Theories and Reading Comprehension Instruction" (Sandra R. Wallis); "The 'Write' To Learn Mathematics" (Bob. M. Drake and Linda B. Amspaugh); "Intermediate Grade Students' Awareness of the Writing Process" (Natalie Felsher, Judy Ramoy Johnson, and Priscilla P. Waynant); "The Use of Retellings for Portfolio Assessment of Reading Comprehension" (Patricia S. Koskinen, Linda B. Gambrell, and Barbara A. Kapinus); and "The Signing for Reading Success Study Group" (Cynthia T. Bowen, Jean H. Mattheiss, and Robert M. Wilson). (NKA)