Evaluation of Cycles R-40 of the Listen Look Learn Multi-Media Communication Skills System (LLL) is reported. Data were gathered from 26 schools through item analysis of pupil workbook responses, summation of teacher evaluations, and standardized tests. Subjects were first graders in 28 LLL classes and in 28 control classes, using basal reading…

The effect of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) on education in Florida is discussed. It is stated that skills, especially in reading, attendance, promotion rate, and the attitudes have improved among children in ESEA programs. The opportunities made available by ESEA in conjunction with other Federal education programs have…

This report describes the naturally occurring variations in time allocated to reading instruction in eight grade-five classes selected as part of the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study. Students completed a set of reading tests in early and late fall and teachers maintained records of instructional time allocated, setting, and content covered.…

This report describes a field study of the relationship between instructional time and student achievement in nine grade-two classrooms. Amounts of time allocated to reading and to instructional settings are described for a 40-day instructional period. Student "engaged time" was also measured for a 10-day period. Relationships between…

Relationships among teacher and pupil self-concepts and pupil reading achievement were investigated in a sample of 239 first-grade pupils and the 17 teachers assigned to them. Results from pretesting and posttesting indicated that a positive relationship existed among changes in certain elements of pupil self-concept (self-acceptance, social…

This study sought to determine the reading proficiency of fourth-grade children in North Dakota and to ascertain the assistance that was provided for disabled readers by the schools and by classroom teachers. A sample of 2,069 fourth graders in 57 North Dakota school districts participated in the study. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and the Lorge…

Approximately 100 first-grade pupils participated in a study of the effects of art-learning strategies on perceptual development and reading achievement. Pupils were assigned to one of four conditions: a sequential program of art-learning experiences, the Frostig program for the development of visual perception, a combination of these two…

This study examined the relationship of selected maternal variables to reading achievement and IQ in 19 black boys and girls from two first-grade classes. An interview schedule was used to assess the selected maternal behaviors; reading achievement was measured by the California Achievement Tests. Significant relationships were found between…

As part of a statewide (Massachusetts) evaluation in all areas of education, the reading assessment summarized in this report tested all 9- and 17-year-old students in 31 school districts in an effort to examine student performance statewide as well as in the individual educational regions and communities. This report contains the following…

Since both good and poor reading achievement have been produced with any one of several developmental reading approaches, teacher characteristics are thought to be an important, however seldom tested, variable in reading achievement. A study conducted by the author which employed the author constructed Teacher Effort Scale in Reading indicated…

This study, using the Self-Observation Scales (SOS) primary and intermediate levels, was conducted to determine whether the self-concept items that were most predictive of reading achievement varied among sex-race-grade subsamples and to examine specific item content in order to focus upon the nature of the relationship between reading achievement…

The diagnostic and prescriptive strategies presented in this paper are based on the assumption that reading is language, reading is understanding, reading is not an exact process, reading is responding, and reading is enjoyable. The principles of diagnosis based on these assumptions are that diagnosis will be based on the goals of the reading…

The purpose of this study was to determine which of two individualized teaching techniques, personalized or prescriptive, was more effective in favorably changing reading rate, vocabulary, comprehension, and total reading interest scores of students enrolled in reading improvement classes in three Oklahoma community and junior colleges. The…

In order to determine if there is a relationship between reading achievement and the ability to conserve as measured by replications of Piagetian conservation tasks, 160 beginning second-grade students were identified as achievers or low achievers according to reading and intelligence test scores, and their performance on the Piagetian tasks was…

This investigation examined the specific relationships between two reading achievement measures at the end of the first grade and the following measures: (1) three selected oral language measures, (2) five readiness measures, and (3) a combination of these measures. Further, the study attempted to determine if the relationships between the oral…