This publication deals with the classroom use of rate sheets as aids in teaching reading decoding skills systematically and sequentially. The introduction explains the use of rate sheets in presenting a systematic arrangement of instructional cues to which children respond for a standard period of time, and it discusses the original development of…

Hartford, Connecticut's Intensive Reading Instructional Teams (IRIT) were designed to improve achievement levels of elementary pupils deficient in basic language and reading skills. In 1978-1979, 683 students in grades two through six received instruction in reading vocabulary and comprehension and in decoding. This report updates and expands an…

This investigation describes a field test of the materials entitled "Reading: An Educational Approach to Disability" (READ), which were developed to aid disabled readers in the beginning stages of learning to decode English print. The subjects were 15 Title I reading teachers working in small groups with 183 second-grade children. The…

These Title I Special Reading Classes were designed to improve classroom performance in reading for those students significantly below grade level as measured by the Science Research Associates Reading Test. Various methods of organization and instruction were used depending upon the individual needs of the students. The maximum number of students…