Developed and coordinated by the Bureau of Reading Education of the New York State Education Department, Project Alert is a statewide inservice program to facilitate instituting or improving the diagnostic-prescriptive approach to reading instruction. As part of this program, a reading resource kit was prepared by the bureau to give structure and…

This book is intended primarily for use in training elementary school teachers in methods of teaching reading. Chapter 1, "Ways of Defining the Reading Process," looks at the developmental aspects of reading and how the processes involved vary with developmental stages. Chapter 2 discusses readiness and reading at the preschool and kindergarten…

Services and resources provided through the ESEA Title I Program, the Comprehensive Instructional Program (CIP), and the Emergency School Assistance Program were used at the Ralph C. Robinson Elementary School to develop programs specifically aimed at satisfying the identified needs of individual pupils. The main thrust of the instructional…

An individualized reading program was designed and implemented in a two-teacher open classroom program for children in grades four, five, and six. This paper describes the following aspects of the program: development of instructional objectives; assessment of pupils' reading behavior through the use of a criterion-referenced reading inventory;…

This guide provides a description of a mastery learning reading program based on a language approach to teaching reading. All suggested activities stress the use of skills to obtain meaning from reading as the main goal of instruction. Sections include a discussion of the elements of this mastery learning instructional program that notes the need…

A large number of the reading projects funded under Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act emphasize access to books and other media, adult stimulation of reading, at home as well as at school, and reading for pleasure as well as for information. Notable Title II reading projects in 10 states are described in this report. They…

Individualized reading is important to students in both elementary and secondary grades because it provides opportunities for them to find pleasure in reading, to internalize reading skills, to develop the reading habit, and to mature in book choices. Such programs are not intended to teach reading skills, but, if initiated at the elementary…

A junior high level individualized instruction program designed to assist students in developing their reading skills through materials which also build career awareness is presented. Program materials are adaptable to other formats such as mini-courses or supplemental units within existing courses. Because reading levels of materials used range…

Intended to improve language and reading skills of selected underachieving students, the 1988-89 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading Program (CLEAR) of the Columbus, Ohio, public schools served 4,902 pupils in grades 1-8 in 102 schools. The program featured individual and small group instruction arranged according to pupil needs, as well…

Intended to improve language and reading skills of selected underachieving students, the 1987-88 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading Program (CLEAR) of the Columbus, Ohio, public schools served 4109 pupils in grades 1-8 in 94 schools. The program featured individual and small group instruction arranged according to pupil needs, as well…

INNOVATION ENGLISH AT HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, IS A MODIFIED FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BOTH TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY AND TO SHARE THEIR REACTIONS AND IDEAS WITH OTHERS. EACH OF THE APPROXIMATELY 400 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM ATTENDS ONE LARGE GROUP INSTRUCTIONAL SESSION…

The Mott Foundation has over the years devoted most of its considerable resources to joining together the school and community in the solution of educational problems facing society, but it is only within the last 20 years that it has enlisted the support of colleges and universities. The Mott Institute at Michigan State University focused its…

To strengthen Title II management in order to better serve the Right to Read effort, the Office of Education sponsored a conference, "ESEA Title II Program Management in State Departments of Education," in June 1971. Descriptions of exemplary Title II activities in various states were presented. Information about the 23 reading projects…

A traditional reading program and an individualized reading program were compared in terms of numbers of books read by pupils in a given period, the types of books selected by the pupils, and readability levels of books selected. It was hypothesized that individualized reading pupils would read more, and that pupils in the traditional reading…

In this evaluation of the effectiveness of a developmental, individualized reading program in grades six, eight, nine, and eleven, emphasis was placed on diagnostic and prescriptive procedures within a laboratory setting. Interaction between students and teacher-counselors was on a one-to-one basis. The nine-week program included pretesting,…