Intended for use by local school districts to facilitate the implementation of kindergarten through grade 12 developmental reading programs for all students in Wisconsin, this booklet explains the legislation that mandates such programs. Divided into four parts, the booklet discusses the purpose and intent of a developmental reading program,…

The amendments that compose H.R. 3801 are listed. Testimony follows by witnesses from the administration, from five state departments of education, and from the National Association for Public Continuing and Adult Education. The amendments are classified into four separate categories: (1) technical amendments that correct grammatical errors or…

One of a series of implementation documents prepared in conjunction with the revised minimum standards adopted in 1983 by the Ohio State Board of Education, this publication is designed to help teachers and administrators organize secondary reading instruction that will meet the requirements of the revised standards. The document is organized into…

Two bills concerning national reading programs were the subjects of a hearing held in Washington, D. C. on November 13, 1975, by the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. H. R. 9048 is a bill to provide federal assistance for the distribution of…

A field hearing of the United States House of Representatives' Committee on Education and the Workforce, entitled "Closing the Achievement Gap by Improving Reading Instruction," was held at Lancaster Elementary School in Orlando, Florida, on November 13, 2001. The hearing begins with welcoming statements by the committee chairman and one…

This brief two-page policy statement presents the Charleston County (South Carolina) School District Board of Trustees reading policy. It begins by noting that the district will emphasize early literacy development, reading across the content areas, and interventions for struggling readers, and that schools shall be responsible for designing and…

Discusses the findings of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science hearing on the status and needs of native Americans' libraries, based on visits to four pueblo libraries. Library services are described, financial support and needs are discussed, and the role of the library in native American cultures is examined. (CLB)

This article analyzes the nature of the reading process and its relationship to the language processes of Ebonics-speaking children. (Author/MC)

This two-part manual presents both a library curriculum for elementary and secondary school students and a handbook of policies and procedures for library operations and services. Part 1 (238 pages) is a two-part library skills curriculum guide for grades K-12 includes brief discussions of general student goals, main ideas, and the thinking…

This document is the Virginia Board of Education's "Reading First" application. Funding of this grant request will provide the commonwealth the capacity to award local educational agencies sixty to seventy- five school level subgrants that are based on model classroom and professional development criteria. The document contains 2…