This report discusses a project aimed at students both developing a positive attitude toward reading and related skills and showing at least a ten month achievement growth on the Stanford Achievement Test in word meaning, paragraph meaning, word study skills, spelling, and language over the pre-analysis survey of the same test. The contents…

This guide contains materials which are designed to assist rural school systems in assessing educational needs, in systematically planning strategies to develop a reading program, and in applying for Title III funds. Instructions for a survey and an inventory of needs, suggestions for the allocation of resources according to needs and…

This study was part of the evaluation of Project INSTRUCT, a Title III ESEA reading project. Project schools rated high on implementation were paired with similar control schools. Samples of 165 second-grade students were randomly selected from project and control schools. Covariance procedures were used to compare word knowledge, reading, and…