The children's literature market has experienced enormous growth in recent years, providing teachers with an abundance of resources with which to teach reading. High-quality informational texts abound. Yet, teachers often are uncertain about how to select appropriate informational texts to use with younger readers when including them in…

A checklist intended for use in clarifying personal views of the nature of reading and reading instruction within a context of four distinctive, yet overlapping, views. (Author)

Concerns the role of materials in reading instruction and learning to read. Introduces the concept of a-structional, as well as instructional materials. Includes a summary of a checklist, adapted to the specific characteristics of reading materials which EPIE uses in carrying out materials analysis. (Author)

The seven articles in this journal issue focus on the evaluation of reading programs at the elementary and secondary school levels. The articles contain (1) guidelines for evaluating reading materials, (2) a checklist designed to provide a broad overview of a school reading program, (3) an interview with Wayne Otto concerning techniques for…

The purpose of this checklist is to direct the attention of teachers, administrators, and supervisors to the essential features of reading programs. Questions are provided to direct attention to numerous features related to the following aspects of reading programs: (1) program authorship; (2) program philosophy; (3) readability of materials; (4)…