A successful reading program may become a dream come true if a centralized school library with a qualified librarian is supplemental with first-class classroom libraries. (MF)

It was found that 1st graders could perform the cloze tasks, and cloze tests offered promise for use in evaluating the relationship of oral language performance to reading task performance. Cloze task tests were better predictors of end-of-year standard reading test scores than readiness and basal reader instruments. (Author/DB)

Explores the "reading problem"--why some children learn to read and some don't. Notes for a talk at the 50th Anniversary of Book Week (November 24, 1969). (Author/JB)

Urges educators to encourage the spirit of play in children's literature by reading widely, by reading aloud, and by pursuing excellence through familiarity with present and past works. Bibliography. (MD)

Considers ways in which a 54-week National Defense Education Act Institute helped teachers solve their abilities to teach reading through a summer session and regular meetings during the school year, and offers suggestions for providing effective inservice programs. Bibliography. (MD)

A survey of leaders in the fields of reading and gifted education revealed eight of 30 program components judged by a majority of respondents to be more important for gifted than nongifted readers, including independent research projects, development of research skills, and self-selected reading experiences. (CL)

Suggests that educators must move beyond debates about the meaning of reading to more specific discussions of word recognition, sentence processing, text comprehension, critical evaluation, and communication functions. (FL)