Since 2007, Texas' reading scores had been declining, and there was a shortage of qualified teachers trained in effective reading practices. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) conceptualized Reading Academies where teachers learn, practice, implement and reflect. Cohort Leaders serve as the lead facilitators for the new K-3 Reading Academies. TEA…

Literacy centers have existed in the United States since the 1920s and have seen many changes over their vast and essential history. Initially, clinics focused on remediation with a deficit view that positioned struggling readers as lazy and unmotivated. Over time, clinics shifted to a medical model, which also held a deficit view that involved…

This convergent parallel mixed-methods pilot study explored the collaboration of preservice teachers (PSTs) in a university reading clinic. PSTs from a reading course and special education course were paired and shared responsibility for tutoring one child. Tutor surveys and focus group interview transcripts were used as data sources. Topics…

Contains a humorous dialog between a university professor and the director of a district educational center, describing some of the effects of specialization in reading. (RB)

Argues that, apart from the students themselves, clinicians and parents are the most important elements in determining the success or failure of the reading clinic. Discusses the unique strengths of each group. (FL)

This program was designed to improve reading skills and to provide intensive remediation for students in grades six through nine. Specialized materials and equipment were provided by Educational Development Laboratories (EDL). The EDL Reading Laboratory utilized the Learning 100 program, a multi-modality developmental and remedial program. Small…

The author visits a reading center which aims to disseminate comprehensive information on reading for parents and teachers. (Editor)

Because the mass marketing of educational support services through franchised reading clinics is growing on a daily basis, both reading specialists and reading supervisors need to become aware of the growth of this industry and of its implications for the educational system. Primary forces in the franchising movement, Sylvan Learning Corporation,…

The learning resource center is a place where learning materials and students are brought together under some kind of human mediation. The instructional interaction is primarily between students and materials. In planning a learning resource center, the first step is to survey the needs the center should satisfy. In part this can be done by using…

This paper provides (1) a profile of the Burton International School (BIS) in Detroit, (2) an account of the background to and aims of the school's three year pilot program for multiethnic, multicultural education (K through grade 8), and (3) brief descriptions of some of the educational activities and functions related to this program. Objectives…

A systems approach to evaluation of the Diagnostic Reading Clinic Program's progress and its effects upon participating pupils from the Cleveland schools is reported on in this document. Formal evaluation of the Diagnostic Reading Clinic Program is directed toward the following objectives: to assess the extent to which the Diagnostic Reading…

This article summarizes the results of fieldwork designed to examine the implementation process in six diagnostic/prescriptive reading projects (part of the Rand Corporation's Change-Agent Study).

The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of creating a short form of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) for use in a clinical setting with disabled readers. The subjects were 100 clients ages six to sixteen of the Belser-Parton Reading Center at the University of Alabama whose files contained scores…

This paper describes an individualized reading program for grades one through twelve and discusses some of the administrative requirements for conceptualizing, implementing, and supporting such a program. It also presents the historical events that led to the development of the individualized reading program. A description is given of the…

The characteristics of clinical problem solving tasks are discussed and applied to reading diagnosis and remediation. These characteristics are: (1) clinical practice is concerned with action directed toward a particular problem or set of problems, (2) clinicians are generally concerned with the problems of a particular individual, (3) clinical…