This article describes an approach to designing culturally responsive literacy centers. Aligned with Gholdy Muhammad's (2020) Historically Responsive Literacy model, we reimagine literacy centers as responsive to children from historically marginalized backgrounds. We present a five-question tool that teachers can use as they plan for literacy…

While most international educational development projects are engaged in capacity development, trainings rarely have enough depth to result in lasting changes in the capacity of local stakeholders. The case of the Nigeria Centre for Reading, Research and Development (NCRRD) at Bayero University Kano used a different model. Six NCRRD faculty spent…

Many high school teachers and administrators think that reading instruction belongs in the lower grades. But according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only 31% of eighth graders read at or above the proficient level, which means that many are entering high school unprepared for its advanced textbook reading and language…

Traces the organization and development of a central county reading clinic with facilities for diagnosis, remediation, and teacher training to supplement 30 satellite clinics in individual schools. (MD)

The institutional goals, students, programs and services, personnel and organization, instruction, facilities and finances, and community relations of the community college as they relate to the community college reading center are discussed. (Not available in hard copy because of marginal legibility of original document.) (DB)

The management of a reading program should be based on objectives rather than on tasks. There are eight functions that apply to successful management: planning, organization, staffing, direction, control, innovation, representation, and communication. The R3C concept (reading coordinator, reading committee, reading center) is helpful to delegate…

A teacher center emphasizing reading-oriented experiences would have a substantial effect on how educators teach reading. The need for such a center is reflected in the widely held belief that competent teaching of reading provides students with opportunities for success in most curricular areas. Planning an effective teaching center with a…

This evaluation handbook is a collection of forms, ideas and questionnaires designed to be of help to potential or actual adoptors/adaptors of Project Futureprint. They are arranged in order of chronological use from the beginning step of analyzing the present reading program at a specific school to the final form which is the Futureprint adoption…

This article proposes steps for a systematic, logical method of moving from a nonexistent or limited reading program at the secondary or junior college level to a highly effective one which better meets the needs of the students. The first step suggested is to survey general reading ability within a school in order to formulate the direction the…

Describes the evolution, development, and characteristics of a developmental reading program at a private four-year college. Discusses student placement, class structuring, tutoring, and program rationale. (FL)

Ongoing program evaluation is examined as an evolutionary process in which the form of evaluation changes in response to the questions to be addressed. As programs evolve over time, so should the evaluation designs. The concept is illustrated with two examples from a large school district in Florida. (Author/CM)

WHENEVER IT BECOMES NECESSARY FOR A PUPIL TO RECEIVE EXTRA HELP OUTSIDE THE REGULAR CLASSROOM, HE IS INVOLVED IN REMEDIAL READING. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION IS MORE HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED THAN REGULAR READING INSTRUCTION, AND IS TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS ON THE BASIS OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. MOTIVATION IS IMPORTANT TO ALL REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION, FOR…