Research has been conducted on the science of reading and how students learn to read. This knowledge has not increased reading achievement in middle school. Reading scores in grades 6-8 across America are declining. The gap for students with disabilities is widening. Luhmann's Systems Theory provided a framework for understanding an organization…

This qualitative comparative case study identified factors that distinguish between high and low-performance on reading achievement in elementary rural Appalachian schools. This study determined the most effective instructional reading strategies, as well as other influential factors, implemented by school districts in the rural Appalachia area…

This study was designed to determine whether third-year pupils in a reading center project maintained their reading gains 16 months after leaving the program. Subjects consisted of two control groups and an experimental group--a random sample of third-year pupils enrolled at the reading center during the fall of the 1972-1973 school year.…

Concludes that there are distinct differences between college reading clinic and classroom reading instruction as it relates to the teaching of comprehension. (FL)

This evaluation focuses on the efficiency and effectiveness of the four area reading centers of the Dade County Public Schools and their satellites. Data were collected during three days of visiting the centers. The principal conclusions of the study were: (1) the cost of the centers is high; (2) the number of students served is small; (3) the…

Describes the reading and writing laboratory program at the University of Albuquerque. (FL)

Concludes that reading clinics run by colleges offer services to the community as well as for training students in diagnosis and remediation and that their services, fees, and clients vary. (FL)

Describes the developmental college reading lab at the University of Georgia that is holistic and content-based, emphasizing individualized. direct instruction by qualified staff. (HOD)

To compare the effects of two different comprehension treatments on the reading of university students enrolled in a developmental reading laboratory, 74 students were administered pretests measuring reading achievement and reading attitudes and were given five weeks of instruction in text organizing strategies and vocabulary development. After…

One aspect of the Greece (New York) Central School District's Continuing Education Division is an adult literacy program for students who enter with a reading level below the sixth grade as measured by the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) (17 percent of students). Students at this level receive instruction in one of four environments: adult…