Formal reading instruction occurs not only in elementary school reading classes but also in science and social studies classes, and continues into the junior and senior high school where content-related reading , study skills, and vocabulary are taught by subject. The 21 reading projects summarized in this report emphasize reading in the content…

Notable reading projects funded under Title II are described in this report. The projects range from a bilingual program for Spanish-speaking pupils in eighteen schools in Washington, D.C., to the provision of relevant reading materials to neglected and delinquent youth in four special schools and correctional institutions in a California county.…

The 21 reading projects described in this report range from a bilingual reading project for second-grade students to a secondary school reading project in career education. Objectives of some of the other projects described include: to motivate pupils to read for pleasure, to develop skill in reading and learn the use of reference materials in the…

To strengthen Title II management in order to better serve the Right to Read effort, the Office of Education sponsored a conference, "ESEA Title II Program Management in State Departments of Education," in June 1971. Descriptions of exemplary Title II activities in various states were presented. Information about the 23 reading projects…