Forty-three reading programs identified by Kentucky school districts are briefly described. Program descriptions are organized into four sections: lower elementary, upper elementary, intermediate middle school, and secondary school. Within each section, programs based on a variety of philosophies and approaches are presented. (AA)

Provides a model for a comprehensive reading program which has five components: the content teacher, the reading consultant, the developmental reading teacher, the remedial reading specialist, and the support staff. (HOD)

Faced with students with reading problems and a budget which would not cover the hiring of a reading specialist, instructors at Thames Valley State Technical College (Connecticut) developed a successful remedial reading program of their own. This article discusses how the program was developed and reports that over the past six years it has…

This paper describes an Elementary Secondary Education Act Title IV program designed to improve the reading achievement levels of kindergarten through second-grade pupils in Wakulla County, Florida. The Multisensory Approach to Reading and Reading Readiness Curriculum (Project MARC) combined structured teaching techniques and materials with…

The Elementary Reading Centers located in 36 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, urban schools provide supplementary remedial reading instruction to pupils with low reading achievement and provide reading resource teachers to assist and train classroom teachers. Reading teachers emphasize comprehension, vocabulary development, word recognition, study skills,…

Five programs in developmental reading at Leeward Community College (Hawaii) were studied to determine their effectiveness. The programs were: (1) general reading using individualized exercises; (2) an integrated skills approach combining reading and basic English skills; (3) a curriculum designed for each student from diagnostic testing; (4) a…