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Download full textNew England Consortium for the Right to Read, Kingston, RI. – 1976
These proceedings from a conference sponsored by the New England Consortium for the Right to Read discuss the role of administrators in Right to Read programs. Included are discussions of the New England Consortium effort, the role of the administrator in implementing and organizing the reading program, and reports from section meetings on…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Berger, Allen, Ed.; Bean, Rita, Ed. – 1976
The proceedings of this conference reflect the theme of criteria for excellence in school reading programs. Contents of the volume include an introduction concerning excellence in education by Harry W. Sartain and a concluding statement presenting guidelines for development and assessment of an effective reading program by Rita M. Bean. Major…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Asheim, Lester, Ed.; And Others – 1983
The items in this book were drawn from a symposium intended to (1) recommend priorities in national educational policy relating to reading; (2) focus attention on the essential role of an active two-way, family-school partnership in encouraging reading as a lifetime habit; and (3) help various organizations concerned with literacy and reading…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Library Role
Pearson, P. David, Ed.; Hansen, Jane, Ed. – 1977
The papers in this collection represent a wide spectrum of approaches, philosophies, and viewpoints of scholarly endeavor in their treatment of reading theories, research, and processes. The collection begins with an address by the president of the National Reading Conference concerning the tools for reading researchers. The remaining 53 articles…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Language Processing, Learning Disabilities
Pearson, P. David, Ed.; Hansen, Jane, Ed. – 1978
The papers in this collection represent a wide spectrum of approaches, philosophies, viewpoints, and techniques of scholarly endeavor in their treatment of reading and its cognitive processes. The 48 articles, presented at the 1977 meeting of the National Reading Conference, are arranged according to the following categories: (1) reading and…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Jewett, Arno – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
The purpose of this bulletin is to help teachers, supervisors, administrators, and other educators improve the quality of reading done by junior high school pupils. Interest in ways to teach developmental and remedial reading in the junior high school is nationwide. Junior high school principals and teachers of various subjects are particularly…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Reading Programs, Reading Improvement, Standardized Tests
Thurston, Eric L., Ed.; Hafner, Lawrence E., Ed. – 1965
Focusing on the philosophical and sociological bases of reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the fourteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1964. Among the topics covered in the 27 papers are the following: the philosophy and sociology of reading; reading reform; adult literacy; paperback books; factors in…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Cloze Procedure, College Students
Laubach Literacy International, Syracuse, NY. – 1989
This report contains 10 proclamations prepared by adult new readers at a national conference in September 1989. The proclamations are the result of the new readers' deliberations. They represent the viewpoints of adults who have known firsthand the hardships of illiteracy and the triumph of learning to read. Each proclamation consists of a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Citizenship Education
Greene, Frank P., Ed. – 1972
This is one of two volumes of papers drawn from the twenty-first annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1971. Focusing on junior college and college reading programs and problems, the 40 papers are arranged into the following categories: designs for programs, special admission students, ethnically different students, adult…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Higher Education, Individualized Programs
