The basis for this report is an assessment by teachers, administrators, students and parents on how well Oregon's fourth graders are reading. The project was specifically designed to reflect concerns and goals which Oregon citizens regarded as relevant to their children's education. The first section of this report discusses the background of the…

Directed to Oregon administrators and language arts teachers at all instructional levels, this publication discusses numerous aspects of a goal-based language arts curriculum. Separate sections deal with goal-based planning for the language arts; assessment; relating language arts instructional programs to minimum standards; language arts program…