Focuses on the development of and research into well-articulated models of reading fluency instruction that make fluency an integral part of the regular reading curriculum. Brings to light ways in which reading fluency instruction can be made an important part of and an achievable goal for the general reading curriculum. (SR)

Suggests that most administrators accept student test scores as the appropriate goal of reading programs and centralized planning and use of commercial reading materials as the appropriate means for reading instruction, while most teachers seek more effective and communal goals and more autonomy concerning means. (FL)