This article describes the nature of eye-tracking technology and its use in the study of discourse processes, particularly reading. It then suggests several areas of research in composition studies, especially at the intersection of writing, reading, and digital media, that can benefit from the use of this technology. (Contains 2 figures.)

Discusses the major emphases of the National Reading Research Center regarding future research and study; the types of input to the center from the reading community; the role of individual reading researchers at the center; and potential products of the center. (RS)

This paper describes a research and development center's project to design procedures for helping students both to develop and to apply effective behaviors for understanding text. The project's developmental efforts are summarized and promising directions for future work are examined. Specifically, the paper (1) clarifies the goals of the project,…

This paper is a summary description of the Peabody College Right to Read Teacher Preparation Project. The goals of the project are to plan, implement, and evaluate a replicable model for the improvement of the preservice reading program and to develop a program that prepares teachers for work in a wide variety of settings. Project objectives are…

Describes a literature-based reading program designed around independent reading and writing periods (IRWP) in which children could choose to participate alone or with others in several different literacy tasks. Finds that the physical design of the literacy centers, the modeled behavior by the teachers, and the time for IRWP resulted in increased…

This paper provides insight into the history and growth of the National Reading Research Center (NRRC), that was charged to engage in research aimed at improving the reading proficiency of all students and to develop a broad, comprehensive model of reading acquisition that integrates the various cognitive, social, motivational, cultural, and…

Provides a brief overview of the Educational Testing Service's 1971 survey of compensatory reading instruction in the United States. (FL)

Reports results of a literature-based developmental reading program in a junior high school. Uses students' comments to reveal how their reading had changed and to report improvement in both reading and content area classes. Identifies beneficial program attributes: choice in reading material, interesting reading material, time given just for…

This paper describes the National Reading Research Center (NRRC), a federally funded center that intends to carry out research to discover what promotes readers' engagement in literacy activities, foster their critical thinking and strategic learning, and prepare them to meet the challenges of a technological age. The paper describes the mission…

This paper provides an overview of Houghton Mifflin's Invitations to Literacy, a commercially published, integrated reading/language arts program for use in K-6 classrooms. The program provides instructional resources that seek to: build on the foundation that students bring to school and foster home-school cooperation; hold all students to the…

Describes five programs of early intervention for the prevention of reading problems (Success for All, the Winston-Salem Project, Early Intervention in Reading, the Boulder Project, and Reading Recovery). Compares these five programs on a number of dimensions, identifying common features that seem related to preventing reading problems. Draws…

Discusses the goals and objectives of committees of the Mobile County school district in Alabama, which were set up to evaluate the current state of reading instruction. Discusses trends, the current situation, where they want to be, and current research. (RS)

The National Reading Research Center (NRRC) advocates education through research that addresses the unacceptably low reading achievement of American students and the lack of equity in the achievement of mainstream and minority populations. The NRRC acknowledges four pervasive problems that will sharpen the focus of the center's work: too many…

An account of five years of activity during which the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) worked with the United Kingdom's Adult Literacy Campaign is provided in this book. Much of the book is in the form of a diary that gives an account of the progress, mistakes, and doubts of the broadcasters as they worked with a wide range of agencies,…

This booklet describes early reading programs in six different elementary schools in Colorado that share the same goal--all children must be fluent readers and writers by the time they enter third grade. The six schools, while different in size, location, and socioeconomic makeup, each emphasize: early intervention; a balanced, consistent teaching…