Lists and elaborates on 10 points, including the establishment of headquarters outside the United States, expansion of the ERIC/CRIER facility, and publication of IRA journals in languages other than English, which the International Reading Association might consider in an effort to make its scope and influence more international. (MD)

Discusses ERIC documents that deal with the negative influences television viewing exerts on reading achievement. (FL)

The relationship between several home background factors and reading ability was studied in working-class children, aged 7-8, using standardized tests and parent interviews. The home background factor which emerged as most strongly related to reading achievement was whether or not the mother regularly heard the child read. (Author/SJL)

Explores and shatters the myth that students' reading scores were much higher in the first half of this century than they are now. (WD)

Concludes that there is a relationship between auditory closure and reading and that the relationship is educationally significant. (FL)

Shows that of self-concept, birth order, intelligence, sex, position in family, family size, age, and socioeconomic status, only intelligence was significantly related to reading achievement. (FL)

Interviews Dr. Barbara Kapinus who will serve as Project Coordinator for the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading Consensus Development Project. (MG)

Evaluation of reading performance is influenced by perceptions of what constitutes reading. Both product (testing of discrete thinking skills) and process (metacomprehension) information is needed to understand and improve reading comprehension. (SK)

Discusses the use of "Lexile" units in test construction. (SLD)

Explores the interactions among measurement theories, reading theories, and measurement practices from a historical perspective. Describes a conceptual framework for examining the assessment of reading and reviews major research traditions in measurement theory in the 20th century. Also provides a brief history of the Rasch measurement theory in…

Investigates the validity of the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) cross battery approach using elementary schools children (N=166) who were administered the Wechsler Scale Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised. Results suggest that a Wechsler-based CHC cross-battery approach is an effective…

Literacy scholars appear to have reached consensus that a balanced approach to reading instruction holds the greatest promise for improving reading achievement among students. Following the lead of the National Reading Panel (2000), curricular manifestations of a balanced reading program include instructional components in phonics or word…

This article reports on a retooled Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) block in an intermediate classroom designed to meet the needs of all students. The authors discuss the benefits and obstacles to SSR and include the framework and classroom management tips that aided their successful implementation of an independent reading block. Students engaged…

The 2019 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 55th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The purpose of the "Digest" is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. It contains data on a variety of…