Argues that the logic behind performance contracts as a solution to school problems is fallacious and discusses the weaknesses inherent in such programs. (RW)

Reports on the effect of remedial reading instruction varied by length of individual sessions and total number of hours. (FL)

Nine low IQ (less than 80) and 12 high IQ (100 plus) learning disabled children (grades four through six) who attended resource room programs were observed in regular classes. Results indicated that teachers did not perceive the two groups of LD children differently but that the teachers behaved differently toward the two groups. (Author/MC)

Pre- and posttest scores showed that LD students regress in their reading skills when they experience extended breaks in their educational programs during the summer months. Also, a five-week summer reading program during either the first or last half of the summer can prevent this regression. (SW)

This study examined the ability of the Listen and Look (LL) test of cross-modal perception and the Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT) to predict reading achievement. Data from 79 first-grade pupils were analyzed. Both the LL and MRT demonstrated predictive validity. (Author/BW)

A BASIC program is given that can calculate the approximate grade level of reading materials. (MK)

Reading ability and performance on the Matching Familiar Figures Test were compared for two samples of seven-year-old children. Considerably more of the poor readers than the main sample were found to be impulsive. There was a consistent tendency for girls to be more reflective than boys. (Author/KC)

Concludes that there was no significant difference in the reading proficiency of second-grade students who were taught with an experimental reading strategy technique and those taught with a traditional method of reading instruction. (FL)

Examines the relationship between children's television viewing and their reading ability, reading habits, and school behavior (attentiveness, enthusiasm, and imagination). The influence of children's IQ, parents' educational levels, and parents' television viewing habits are controlled. (JMF)

The Summer Adventure in Learning (SAIL) program was developed to train prospective teachers in tutorial methods intended to improve reading achievement. The program's primary instructional objective was to decrease the pupil reading rate resulting in improved reading comprehension. (JN)

The study involving 105 boys and 108 girls from first, second, and third grades investigated the correlations among measures of perceptual-motor abilities, self-concept, and reading achievement and determined whether perceptual-motor ability and self-concept score can predict reading achievement in the early elementary grades. (Author/SBH)

Discounts the idea that mass media are to blame for literacy problems among students, and explains how television merely reflects and reinforces the current state of literacy as it is produced, tested, and normed by the schools. Urges the use of expanded vocabulary in television script writing. (JP)